(A)Beautiful in elevation, (B)the joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion in the far north,
The (C)city of the great King.
In its palaces,
God has made Himself known as a (D)stronghold.

For, behold, the (E)kings arrived,
They passed by together.

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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)
God is in her citadels;(E)
    he has shown himself to be her fortress.(F)

When the kings joined forces,
    when they advanced together,(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.