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What a glorious sight! See Mount Zion rising north of the city[a] high above the plains for all to see—Mount Zion, joy of all the earth, the residence of the great King.

God himself is the defender of Jerusalem.[b] The kings of the earth have arrived together to inspect the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:2 north of the city, literally, “on the sides of the north.”
  2. Psalm 48:3 God himself is the defender of Jerusalem, literally, “God has made himself known in her palaces for a high tower.”

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.