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Psalm 48
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| 48:1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised
in the city of our God, in
the mountain of his holiness. |
 (48:1-14) "Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised ....."
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| 48:2
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the
sides of the north, the city of the great King. |
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| 48:3
God is known in her palaces for a refuge. |
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| 48:4
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. |
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| 48:5
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. |
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| 48:6
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. |
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| 48:7
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. |
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| 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 for ever. Selah. |
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| 48:9
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. |
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| 48:10
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth:
thy right hand is full of righteousness. |
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| 48:11
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy
judgments. |
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| 48:12
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. |
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| 48:13
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to
the generation following. |
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| 48:14
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto
death.
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