Psalm 47
1 A Psalm of [1]praise for the sons of Core on the second day of the week.
2 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
3 The city of the great King
is well planted on the mountains of Sion,
with the joy of the whole earth, on the sides of the north.
4 God is known in her palaces,
when he undertaketh to help her.
5 For, behold, the kings of the earth were assembled,
they came together.
6 They saw, and so they wondered:
they were troubled, they were moved.
7 Trembling took hold on them:
there were the pangs as of a woman in travail.
8 Thou wilt break the ships of Tharsis with a vehement wind.
9 As we have heard, so have we also seen,
in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in the city of our God:
God hath founded it for ever.
Pause.
10 We have thought of thy mercy, O God,
in the midst of thy [2]people.
11 According to thy name, O God,
so is also thy praise to the ends of the earth:
thy right hand is full of righteousness.
12 Let Mount Sion rejoice,
let the daughters of Judea exult,
because of thy judgments, O Lord.
13 Go round about Sion, and encompass her:
tell ye her towers.
14 Mark ye well her strength,
and observe her palaces;
that ye may tell the next generation.
15 For this is our God for ever and ever:
he will be our guide for evermore.