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Psalm 48
New International Version

### Psalm 48[a]

#### A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.

1 Great is the Lord,(A) and most worthy of praise,(B)
in the city of our God,(C) his holy mountain.(D)

2 Beautiful(E) in its loftiness,
the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon[b](F) is Mount Zion,(G)
the city of the Great King.(H)
3 God is in her citadels;(I)
he has shown himself to be her fortress.(J)

4 When the kings joined forces,
when they advanced together,(K)
5 they saw her and were astounded;
they fled in terror.(L)
6 Trembling seized(M) them there,
pain like that of a woman in labor.(N)
7 You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish(O)
shattered by an east wind.(P)

8 As we have heard,
so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
forever.[c](Q)

9 Within your temple, O God,
we meditate(R) on your unfailing love.(S)
10 Like your name,(T) O God,
your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;(U)
your right hand is filled with righteousness.
11 Mount Zion rejoices,
the villages of Judah are glad
because of your judgments.(V)

12 Walk about Zion, go around her,
count her towers,(W)
13 consider well her ramparts,(X)
view her citadels,(Y)
that you may tell of them
to the next generation.(Z)

14 For this God is our God for ever and ever;
he will be our guide(AA) even to the end.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 48:1 In Hebrew texts 48:1-14 is numbered 48:2-15.
2. Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
3. Psalm 48:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 48:1 : Ps 86:10; 96:4; 99:2; 135:5; 147:5; Jer 10:6
2. Psalm 48:1 : S 2Sa 22:4; S 1Ch 16:25; Ps 18:3
3. Psalm 48:1 : S Ps 46:4
4. Psalm 48:1 : S Dt 33:19; Ps 2:6; 87:1; Isa 11:9; 32:16; Jer 31:23; Da 9:16; Mic 4:1; Zec 8:3
5. Psalm 48:2 : Ps 50:2; La 2:15; Eze 16:14
6. Psalm 48:2 : S Jos 13:27
7. Psalm 48:2 : S Ps 2:6
8. Psalm 48:2 : Mt 5:35
9. Psalm 48:3 : ver 13; Ps 122:7
10. Psalm 48:3 : Ps 18:2
11. Psalm 48:4 : 2Sa 10:1-19
12. Psalm 48:5 : Ex 15:16; Isa 13:8; Jer 46:5; Da 5:9
13. Psalm 48:6 : S Job 4:14
14. Psalm 48:6 : S Ge 3:16
15. Psalm 48:7 : S Ge 10:4; S 1Ki 10:22; 22:48
16. Psalm 48:7 : S Ge 41:6
17. Psalm 48:8 : Jer 23:6; Zec 8:13; 14:11
18. Psalm 48:9 : S Ps 39:3
19. Psalm 48:9 : Ps 6:4
20. Psalm 48:10 : S Ex 6:3; S Jos 7:9
21. Psalm 48:10 : 1Sa 2:10; Ps 22:27; 65:5; 98:3; 100:1; Isa 11:12; 24:16; 42:10; 49:6
22. Psalm 48:11 : Ps 97:8
23. Psalm 48:12 : S Ne 3:1
24. Psalm 48:13 : 2Sa 20:15; Isa 26:1; La 2:8; Hab 2:1
25. Psalm 48:13 : S ver 3
26. Psalm 48:13 : Ps 71:18; 78:6; 109:13
27. Psalm 48:14 : Ps 25:5; 73:24; Pr 6:22; Isa 49:10; 57:18; 58:11

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