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Psalm 48:2-6
The Message
Psalm 48:2-6
The Message
48 1-3 God majestic,
praise abounds in our God-city!
His sacred mountain,
breathtaking in its heights—earth’s joy.
Zion Mountain looms in the North,
city of the world-King.
God in his citadel peaks
undefeatable.
4-6 The kings got together,
they united and came.
They took one look and shook their heads,
they scattered and ran away.
They doubled up in pain
like a woman having a baby.
Psalm 48:2-4
New International Version
Psalm 48:2-4
New International Version
2 Beautiful(A) in its loftiness,
the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon[a](B) is Mount Zion,(C)
the city of the Great King.(D)
3 God is in her citadels;(E)
he has shown himself to be her fortress.(F)
4 When the kings joined forces,
when they advanced together,(G)
Footnotes
- Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
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