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Psalm 48
Magnus Dominus
1
Great is the LORD , and highly to be praised;
in the city of our God is his holy hill.
2
Beautiful and lofty, the joy of all the earth, is the hill of Zion,
the very center of the world and the city of the great King.
3
God is in her citadels;
he is known to be her sure refuge.
4
Behold, the kings of the earth assembled
and marched forward together.
5
They looked and were astounded;
they retreated and fled in terror.
6
Trembling seized them there;
they writhed like a woman in childbirth, like ships of the sea when the east wind shatters them.
7
As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God;
God has established her for ever.
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We have waited in silence on your loving-kindness, O God,
in the midst of your temple.
9
Your praise, like your Name, O God, reaches to the world's end;
your right hand is full of justice.
10
Let Mount Zion be glad and the cities of Judah rejoice,
because of your judgments.
11
Make the circuit of Zion; walk round about her;
count the number of her towers.
12
Consider well her bulwarks; examine her strongholds;
that you may tell those who come after.
13
This God is our God for ever and ever;
he shall be our guide for evermore.