[1] Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain. [2] Fair and beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth, Is Mount Zion [the City of David] in the far north, The city of the great King. [3] God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold. [4] For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They [came and] passed by together. [5] They saw it, then they were amazed; They were stricken with terror, they fled in alarm. [6] Panic seized them there, And pain, as that of a woman in childbirth. [7] With the east wind You shattered the ships of Tarshish. [8] As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah. [9] We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of Your temple. [10] As is Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice). [11] Let Mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice Because of Your [righteous] judgments. [12] Walk about Zion, go all around her; Count her towers, [13] Consider her ramparts, Go through her palaces, That you may tell the next generation [about her glory]. [14] For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even until death.
