1 A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain. |
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 in her palaces; He is known as her refuge. |
4 For behold, the kings assembled, They passed by together. |
5 They saw it, and so they marveled; They were troubled, they hastened away. |
6 Fear took hold of them there, And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs, |
7 As when You break the ships of Tarshish With an east wind. |
8 As we have heard, So we have 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, O God, on Your lovingkindness, 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 Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah be glad, Because of Your judgments. |
12 Walk about Zion, And go all around her. Count her towers; |
13 Mark well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces; That you may tell it to the generation following. |
14 For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death. |