Psalm 48 NKJV NIV Parallel

◄ Psalm 48 ►

New King James Version

New International Version

1A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain.

1A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

2Beautiful in elevation, The joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.

2Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King.

3God is in her palaces; He is known as her refuge.

3God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress.

4For behold, the kings assembled, They passed by together.

4When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together,

5They saw it, and so they marveled; They were troubled, they hastened away.

5they saw her and were astounded; they fled in terror.

6Fear took hold of them there, And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,

6Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor.

7As when You break the ships of Tarshish With an east wind.

7You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind.

8As we have heard, So we have seen In the city of the LORD of hosts, In the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah

8As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever.

9We have thought, O God, on Your lovingkindness, In the midst of Your temple.

9Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

10According to Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.

10Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.

11Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah be glad, Because of Your judgments.

11Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.

12Walk about Zion, And go all around her. Count her towers;

12Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers,

13Mark well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces; That you may tell it to the generation following.

13consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation.

14For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death.

14For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.