Zion, the City of Our God
A Song. A Psalm of Ps. 42, title;46, titlethe Sons of Korah.
1 Ps. 96:4;145:3Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised
in See Ps. 46:4the city of our God!
His Ps. 2:6;87:1;Zech. 8:3;[Isa. 2:3;Mic. 4:1]holy mountain, 2 See Ps. 50:2beautiful in elevation,
is Lam. 2:15;[Ezek. 20:6] the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
Matt. 5:35the city of the great King.
3 Within her citadels God
has made himself known as a fortress.
4 For behold, See 2 Sam. 10:6-19the kings assembled;
they came on together.
5 As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
they were in panic; they took to flight.
6 [Ex. 15:15] Trembling took hold of them there,
anguish Isa. 13:8;Hos. 13:13as of a woman in labor.
7 By Jer. 18:17the east wind you 1 Kgs. 22:48;Ezek. 27:26shattered
the ships of 1 Kgs. 10:22Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen
in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in [See ver. 1above] the city of our God,
which God will Ps. 87:5;Isa. 2:2;Mic. 4:1establish forever. Selah
9 We have thought on your Ps. 26:3;40:10steadfast love, O God,
in the midst of your temple.
10 As your Ps. 113:3;[Ex. 34:5,6;Deut. 28:58;Mal. 1:11,14] name, O God,
so your praise reaches to See Ps. 22:27the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
11 Let Mount Ps. 97:8Zion be glad!
Let Ps. 97:8the daughters of Judah rejoice
because of your judgments!
12 Walk about Zion, go around her,
number her towers,
13 consider well her Ps. 122:7ramparts,
go through her citadels,
[Ps. 78:4-6]that you may tell the next generation
14 that this is God,
our God forever and ever.
He will Ps. 23:3,4guide us forever.48:14 Septuagint; another reading is (compare Jerome, Syriac) He will guide us beyond death