Study Desk

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.

Great is the Lord ,^(a) and most worthy of praise,^(b) in the city of our God,^(c) his holy mountain.^(d)

Beautiful^(e) in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon^[b](f) is Mount Zion,^(g) the city of the Great King.^(h)

God is in her citadels;⁽ⁱ⁾ he has shown himself to be her fortress.^(j)

When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together,^(k)

they saw her and were astounded; they fled in terror.^(l)

Trembling seized^(m) them there, pain like that of a woman in labor.⁽ⁿ⁾

You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish^(o) shattered by an east wind.^(p)

As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the Lord Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever.^[c](q)

Within your temple, O God, we meditate^(r) on your unfailing love.^(s)

Like your name,^(t) O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;^(u) your right hand is filled with righteousness.

Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.^(v)

Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers,^(w)

consider well her ramparts,^(x) view her citadels,^(y) that you may tell of them to the next generation.^(z)

For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide^(aa) even to the end.