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That place is high up and it is beautiful.
    It brings joy to the whole world.
Mount Zion is the city of the great King.
    It is where the true God lives.[a]
God is there in its strong places
    and he keeps the city safe.
Look! There are kings of other nations
    who join together to attack our city.

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Footnotes

  1. 48:2 The holy mountain is Mount Zion, where they built the temple. It was the home of Israel's true God, as other nations thought about Zaphon mountain. That was where other nations thought that their gods came down to the earth. The writer is saying that Jerusalem is the real Zaphon, where the Lord lives.