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Psalm 48 – Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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Zion Exalted

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.

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The LORD is great and highly praised

in the city of our God.

His holy mountain,

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rising splendidly,

is the joy of the whole earth.

Mount Zion ​— ​the summit of Zaphon ​— ​

is the city of the great King.

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God is known as a stronghold

in its citadels.

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Look! The kings assembled;

they advanced together.

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They looked and froze with fear;

they fled in terror.

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Trembling seized them there,

agony like that of a woman in labor,

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as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish

with the east wind.

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Just 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.Selah

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God, within your temple,

we contemplate your faithful love.

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Like your name, God, so your praise

reaches to the ends of the earth;

your right hand is filled with justice.

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Mount Zion is glad.

Judah’s villages[fn] rejoice

because of your judgments.

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Go around Zion, encircle it;

count its towers,

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note its ramparts; tour its citadels

so that you can tell a future generation:

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“This God, our God forever and ever —

he will always lead us.”[fn]

See the CSB Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
CSB Footnotes
Lit daughters
Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read over death
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Psalm Chapter 48 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Open New Arabic Version Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras