Psalm 48
1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
1 Great is the Lord, and | highly • to be | praised ||
in the city of our God, | even up•on his | holy | hill. ||
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the | joy of the • whole | earth; ||
upon the north side lieth the city of the great King: * God is well known in her | 3 palaces | as a • sure | refuge. ||
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
3 For lo, the kings of the earth were gathered, and gone | by to- | gether. ||
4 They marvelled to see such things; * they were as- | tonished, • and | suddenly • cast | down. ||
4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
5 Fear came there up- | on them; • and | sorrow, ||
as upon a | woman | in her | travail. ||
6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
† 6 Thou dost | break the | ships ||
of the | sea | through the • east- | wind. ||
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
7 Like as we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, * in the | city of • our | God; ||
God up- | 3 holdeth the | same for | ever. ||
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 it for ever. Selah.
† 8 We wait for thy | loving- | kindness, ||
O | God, • in the | 3 midst of thy | temple. ||
9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
9 O God, according to thy Name, so is thy | praise un•to the | world's end; ||
thy 3 right | hand is | full of | righteous•ness. ||
10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
10 Let the mount | 3 Sion re- | joice, ||
and the daughters of Judah be | glad, be- | 3 cause of thy | judgments. ||
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
† 11 Walk about | Sion, • and | go ||
round a- | bout her; * and | tell the | towers there•of. ||
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
12 Mark well her bulwarks, con- | sider • her | pala•ces, ||
that 3 ye | may tell | 3 them that come | after. ||
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
13 For this God is our God for | 3 ever and | ever: ||
he shall | be our | guide • unto | death. ||
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).