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Psalm 48:1-3
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A song: Lyrics[a] by the Sons of Korah.

Zion, City of God

48 Great is the Lord!
    For he is to be praised greatly,
even in the city of our God,
    his holy mountain.
2 Beautifully situated,
    the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion towards the north,[b]
    the city of the great King.
3 Within her citadels
    God is known as a place of refuge.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:1 Or A song: A song
  2. Psalm 48:2 Or on the northern side
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Psalm 48:1-3
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Psalm 48[a]

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.

1 Great is the Lord,(A) and most worthy of praise,(B)
    in the city of our God,(C) his holy mountain.(D)

2 Beautiful(E) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon[b](F) is Mount Zion,(G)
    the city of the Great King.(H)
3 God is in her citadels;(I)
    he has shown himself to be her fortress.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:1 In Hebrew texts 48:1-14 is numbered 48:2-15.
  2. Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
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