God is within her,(A) she will not fall;(B)
    God will help(C) her at break of day.

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God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

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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)
they saw her and were astounded;
    they fled in terror.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

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