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