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Psalm 48 - The Message (MSG)

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48 1-3 God majestic,
praise abounds in our God-city!
His sacred mountain,
breathtaking in its heights—earth’s joy.
Zion Mountain looms in the North,
city of the world-King.
God in his citadel peaks
undefeatable.

4-6 The kings got together,
they united and came.
They took one look and shook their heads,
they scattered and ran away.
They doubled up in pain
like a woman having a baby.

7-8 You smashed the ships of Tarshish
with a storm out of the East.
We heard about it, then we saw it
with our eyes—
In God’s city of Angel Armies,
in the city our God
Set on firm foundations,
firm forever.

9-10 We pondered your love-in-action, God,
waiting in your temple:
Your name, God, evokes a train
of Hallelujahs wherever
It is spoken, near and far;
your arms are heaped with goodness-in-action.

11 Be glad, Zion Mountain;
Dance, Judah’s daughters!
He does what he said he’d do!

12-14 Circle Zion, take her measure,
count her fortress peaks,
Gaze long at her sloping bulwark,
climb her citadel heights—
Then you can tell the next generation
detail by detail the story of God,
Our God forever,
who guides us till the end of time.

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Psalm 48 - Wycliffe Bible (WYC)

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Psalm 48 - World English Bible (WEB)

A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.48 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.3 God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.4 F...
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Psalm 48 - The Voice (VOICE)

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Psalm 48 - Tree of Life Version (TLV)

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Psalm 48 - Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

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Psalm 48 - Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Psalm 48 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

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Psalm 48 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

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Psalm 48 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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Psalm 48 - New Living Translation (NLT)

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Psalm 48 - New Life Version (NLV)

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Psalm 48 - New King James Version (NKJV)

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Psalm 48 - New International Version - UK (NIVUK)

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Psalm 48 - New International Version (NIV)

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Psalm 48 - New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

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Psalm 48 - New English Translation (NET)

Psalm 48[a]A song, a psalm by the Korahites.48 The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praisein the city of our God,[b] his holy hill.2 It is lofty and pleasing to look at,[c]a source of joy to the whole earth.[d]Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon;[e]it is the city of the great king.3 God is...
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