| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. The LORD is great and highly praised in the city of our God. His holy mountain, | 1The LORD is great and highly praised in the city of our God. His holy mountain, |
| 2rising splendidly, is the joy of the whole earth. Mount Zion on the slopes of the north is the city of the great King. | 2rising splendidly, is the joy of the whole earth. Mount Zion--the summit of Zaphon-- is the city of the great King. |
| 3God is known as a stronghold in its citadels. | 3God is known as a stronghold in its citadels. |
| 4Look! The kings assembled; they advanced together. | 4Look! The kings assembled; they advanced together. |
| 5They looked and froze with fear; they fled in terror. | 5They looked and froze with fear; they fled in terror. |
| 6Trembling seized them there, agony like that of a woman in labor, | 6Trembling seized them there, agony like that of a woman in labor, |
| 7as You wrecked the ships of Tarshish with the east wind. | 7as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish with the east wind. |
| 8Just as we heard, so we have seen in the city of Yahweh of Hosts, in the city of our God; God will establish it forever. Selah | 8Just as we heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Armies, in the city of our God; God will establish it forever. Selah |
| 9God, within Your temple, we contemplate Your faithful love. | 9God, within your temple, we contemplate your faithful love. |
| 10Your name, God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is filled with justice. | 10Like your name, God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with justice. |
| 11Mount Zion is glad. The towns of Judah rejoice because of Your judgments. | 11Mount Zion is glad. Judah's villages rejoice because of your judgments. |
| 12Go around Zion, encircle it; count its towers, | 12Go around Zion, encircle it; count its towers, |
| 13note its ramparts; tour its citadels so that you can tell a future generation:" | 13note its ramparts; tour its citadels so that you can tell a future generation: |
| 14This God, our God forever and ever-- He will always lead us." | 14"This God, our God forever and ever--he will always lead us." |
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