48:1 (Shir. Mizmor. Of the Bnei Korach.) Gadol is Hashem, and greatly to be praised in the Ir Eloheinu, in His Har Kodesh.
48:2 Yafeh in its loftiness, the joy of kol ha’aretz, is Mt Tziyon, on the sides of the north, the City of Melech Rav.
48:3 Elohim is in her citadels, known as her fortress.
48:4 For, hinei, the melachim were assembled, they advanced together.
48:5 They saw, and ken (thus) they marvelled; they were troubled, and fled.
48:6 Trembling took hold upon them sham (there), and pain, as of a woman in labor.
48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the Ir Hashem Tzvaos, in the Ir Eloheinu; Elohim will establish it ad olam. Selah.
48:9 We meditate on Thy chesed, O Elohim, in the midst of Thy Heikhal.
48:10 According to Thy Shem, O Elohim, so is Thy tehillah unto the ends of ha’aretz; Thy right hand is full of tzedek.
48:11 Let Mt Tziyon rejoice, let the Banot Yehudah (Daughters of Judah) be glad, because of Thy mishpatim.
48:12 Walk about Tziyon, and go around her; count the towers thereof.
48:13 Mark ye well her ramparts, consider her citadels; that ye may tell it to the dor acharon.
48:14 For this Elohim is Eloheinu olam vaed; He will be our guide even unto death. [T.N. Notice v.8(9)-9(10) in Psa 49, which tells why Moshiach can not be a mere man, in which case he could not redeem another, or be Hashem’s Isa 53 redemption lamb or the Isa 53 sa’ir l’azazel kapporah.]
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