Psalm 48

A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.

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¶ Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
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Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
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God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
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For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
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They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
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Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
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Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
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As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
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We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
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According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
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Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
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Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
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Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
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For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.