Salmos 48
(En sang. En salme af Koras sønner.) Stor og højlovet er vor Gud i sin Stad.
Smukt løfter sig hans hellige Bjerg, al Jordens Fryd, Zions Bjerg i det højeste Nord, den store Konges By.
Som Værn gjorde Gud sig kendt i dens Borge.
Thi Kongerne samlede sig, rykked frem tilsammen;
de så og tav på Stedet, flyed i Angst,
af Rædsel grebes de brat, af Veer som en, der føder.
Med Østenstormen knuser du Tarsisskibe.
Som vi havde hørt det, så vi det selv i Hærskarers HERREs By, i vor Guds By; til evig Tid lader Gud den stå. - Sela.
I din Helligdom tænker vi, Gud, på din Miskundhed;
som dit Navn så lyder din Pris til Jordens Grænser. Din højre er fuld af Retfærd,
Zions Bjerg fryder sig, Judas Døtre jubler over dine Domme.
Drag rundt om Zion, gå rundt og tæl dets Tårne,
læg Mærke til dets Ringmur, så gennem dets Borge, at I kan melde Slægten, der
kommer: Sådan er Gud, vor Gud for evigt og altid, han skal lede os.
[A Song {and} Psalm for the sons of Korah.] Great {is} the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, {in} the mountain of his holiness. {for: or, of}
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, {is} mount Zion, {on} the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
They saw {it, and} so they marvelled; they were troubled, {and} hasted away.
Fear took hold upon them there, {and} pain, as of a woman in travail.
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
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.
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
According to thy name, O God, so {is} thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell {it} to the generation following. {Mark...: Heb. Set your heart to} {consider: or, raise up}
For this God {is} our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide {even} unto death.