1 - ?A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.?
Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.
2 - Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon
3 - God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress.
4 - When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together,
5 - they saw her and were astounded; they fled in terror.
6 - Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor.
7 - You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind.
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.
9 - Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.
10 - Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.
11 - Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.
12 - Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers,
13 - consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation.
14 - For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.