(A)Beautiful in elevation, (B)the joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion in the far north,
The (C)city of the great King.

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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)

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Footnotes

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

Out of Zion, (A)the perfection of beauty,
God (B)has shone forth.

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From Zion,(A) perfect in beauty,(B)
    God shines forth.(C)

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21 ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the (A)desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your (B)sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.

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21 Say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary(A)—the stronghold in which you take pride,(B) the delight of your eyes,(C) the object of your affection. The sons and daughters(D) you left behind will fall by the sword.(E)

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