{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":48,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/47","next":"psalms/49","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Great is the LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and greatly to be praised"},{"style":"indent1","t":"in the city of our God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"His holy mountain."}],"h":"Broken Bondage","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon [is] Mount Zion, the city of the great King.","f":["Or in the far north; the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites was Zaphon"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Beautiful in loftiness,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the joy of all the earth,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"like the peaks of Zaphon [is] Mount Zion,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the city of the great King."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"God is in her citadels;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has shown Himself to be a fortress."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For behold, the kings assembled;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they all advanced together."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They saw and were astounded;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they fled in terror."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Trembling seized them there,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"anguish like a woman in labor."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.","f":["Or a fleet of trading ships"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"With a wind from the east"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You wrecked the ships of Tarshish."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"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 her forever. Selah","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"As we have heard, so we have seen"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the city of the LORD of Hosts,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"in the city of our God:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"God will establish her forever."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Within Your temple, O God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"we contemplate Your loving devotion."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your name, O God, like Your praise,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"reaches to the ends of the earth;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Your right hand is full of righteousness."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.","f":["Or the villages"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Mount Zion is glad,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the daughters of Judah rejoice,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on account of Your judgments."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"March around Zion, encircle her,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"count her towers,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"consider her ramparts, tour her citadels,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that you may tell the next generation."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"For this God [is] our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.","f":["Or He will guide us beyond death"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For this God [is] our God forever and ever;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He will be our guide even till death."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah."}