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Great is Adonai, and greatly to be praised
in the city of our God—His holy mountain.
A beautiful height—the joy of the whole earth—
is Mount Zion, on the northern side of the city of the great King.[a]
God, in her palaces,
is known as a stronghold.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:3 cf. Matt. 5:35.

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.