48:1 1 A notable deliverance of Jerusalem from the hands of many kings is mentioned, for the which thanks are given to God, and the state of that city is praised, that hath God so presently at all times ready to defend them. This Psalm seemeth to be made in the time of Ahaz, Jehoshaphat, Asa, or Hezekiah: for in their times chiefly was the city by foreign princes assaulted. A song or Psalm committed to the sons of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the City of our God, even upon his holy Mountain.
48:2 Mount Zion, lying Northward, is fair in situation: it is the joy of the whole earth, and the City of the great king.
48:3 In the palaces thereof God is known for a refuge.
48:4 For lo, the kings were gathered, and went together.
48:5 When they saw it, they marveled: they were astonied, and suddenly driven back.
48:6 Fear came there upon them, and sorrow, as upon a woman in travail.
48:7 As with an East wind thou breakest the ships of Tarshish, so were they destroyed.
48:8 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 forever. Selah.
48:9 We wait for thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy Temple.
48:10 O God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto the world’s end: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, and the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
48:12 Compass about Zion, and go round about it, and tell the towers thereof.
48:13 Mark well the wall thereof: behold her towers, that ye may tell your posterity.
48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever, he shall be our guide unto the death.
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