^1aA Song. A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

^1bThe Lord is great

And is much to be praised

In the city of our God

– His holy mount.

²Fair in elevation,

The joy of all the land

Is Mount Zion,

As are its northern sides

– The city of the great king.

³God is known as a high fort

In its palaces.

⁴For behold, the kings held a meeting;

They passed across together.

⁵They saw it and were duly astonished;

They were startled and they fled in alarm.

⁶Trembling seized them there

– Writhing like a woman giving birth.

⁷With an east wind,

You shatter the ships of Tarshish.

⁸As we have heard, so we have seen,

In the city of the Lord of hosts.

In the city of our God,

Which God will establish age-abidingly.

Selah.

⁹We have contemplated your kindness, O God,

In the midst of your temple.

¹⁰As your name is, O God,

So is your praise at the ends of the earth.

Your right hand is full of righteousness.

¹¹Let Mount Zion rejoice;

Let the daughters of Judah be glad

On account of your judgments.

¹²Go round Zion

And circle round it.

Count its towers.

¹³Set your heart on its might.

Consider its palaces,

So that you can relate it to the generation following,

¹⁴For this God is our God,

Age-abidingly and in perpetuity.

He will guide us at death.