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.
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.
For this God
is our God
for ever
and ever:
he will be our guide
even unto death.
