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It is high and beautiful
    and brings joy to the whole world.
Mount Zion is like the high mountains of the north;
    it is the city of the Great King.
God is within its palaces;
    he is known as its defender.
Kings joined together
    and came to attack the city.

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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.