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