微读圣经

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.

1The Lord is great and highly praised

in the city of our God.48:1 Ps 2:6; Mc 4:1; Zch 8:3

His holy mountain,

2rising splendidly,

is the joy of the whole earth.

Mount Zion — the summit of Zaphon —

is the city of the great King.48:2 Mt 5:35

3God is known as a stronghold

in its citadels.48:3 Ps 46:7; 50:2

4Look! The kings assembled;

they advanced together.48:4 2Sm 10:6–19

5They looked and froze with fear;

they fled in terror.48:5 Ex 15:15

6Trembling seized them there,

agony like that of a woman in labor,48:6 Is 13:8; Hs 13:13

7as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish

with the east wind.48:7 1Kg 22:48; Jr 18:17; Ezk 27:26

8Just as we heard, so we have seen

in the city of the Lord of Armies,

in the city of our God;

God will establish it forever.48:8 Ps 87:5; Is 2:2; Mc 4:1Selah

9God, within your temple,

we contemplate your faithful love.48:9 Ps 26:3; 40:10

10Like your name, God, so your praise

reaches to the ends of the earth;48:10 Ps 113:3; Mal 1:11

your right hand is filled with justice.48:10 Ps 45:4

11Mount Zion is glad.

Judah’s villages48:11 Lit daughters rejoice

because of your judgments.48:11 Ps 97:8

12Go around Zion, encircle it;

count its towers,

13note its ramparts; tour its citadels

so that you can tell a future generation:48:12–13 Ps 78:5–7; 122:7

14“This God, our God forever and ever —

he will always lead us.”48:14 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read over death48:14 Ps 23:3–4; Is 58:11

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