Psalm 48

Modern English Version

² Beautiful in elevation,
    the joy of the whole earth,
is Mount Zion, on the sides of the north,
    the city of the great King.
³ God is known in her citadels
    as a refuge.

⁴ For the kings were assembled,
    they passed by together.
⁵ They saw it, and so they were astounded;
    they were alarmed, they hurried away.
⁶ Trembling seized them there,
    and pain like a woman in labor;
⁷ You break the ships of Tarshish
    with an east wind.

⁸ 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 forever. Selah

⁹ We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God,
    in the midst of Your temple.
¹⁰ According to Your name, O God,
    so is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
    Your right hand is full of righteousness.
¹¹ May Mount Zion rejoice,
    may the daughters of Judah be glad,
    because of Your judgments.

¹² Walk about Zion, and go round about her;
    count her towers;
¹³ mark well her bulwarks;
    consider her citadels;
    that you may tell it to the generation following.

¹⁴ For this God is our God forever and ever;
    He will be our guide even to death.