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Thrones by Vance K. Jackson

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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         <div class="label">48</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 48</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 48:1-14 is numbered 48:2-15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.48.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Great is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and most worthy of praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.48.1"><span class="content">in the city of our God, his holy mountain.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.48.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Beautiful in its loftiness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="content">the joy of the whole earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="content">like the heights of Zaphon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:2 </span><span class="fq">Zaphon </span><span class="ft">was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is Mount Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="content">the city of the Great King.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.48.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">God is in her citadels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.48.3"><span class="content">he has shown himself to be her fortress.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.48.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.48.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When the kings joined forces,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.48.4"><span class="content">when they advanced together,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.48.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.48.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">they saw her and were astounded;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.48.5"><span class="content">they fled in terror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.48.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.48.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Trembling seized them there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.48.6"><span class="content">pain like that of a woman in labor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.48.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.48.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.48.7"><span class="content">shattered by an east wind.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.48.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">As we have heard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">so we have seen</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">in the city of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">in the city of our God:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">God makes her secure</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">forever.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:8 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.48.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Within your temple, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.48.9"><span class="content">we meditate on your unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.48.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.48.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Like your name, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.48.10"><span class="content">your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.48.10"><span class="content">your right hand is filled with righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.48.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.48.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Mount Zion rejoices,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.48.11"><span class="content">the villages of Judah are glad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.48.11"><span class="content">because of your judgments.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.48.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.48.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Walk about Zion, go around her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.48.12"><span class="content">count her towers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.48.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">consider well her ramparts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="content">view her citadels,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="content">that you may tell of them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="content">to the next generation.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.48.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For this God is our God for ever and ever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.48.14"><span class="content">he will be our guide even to the end.</span></span></div>
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