*Psalms 48

₁The Lord is great and wonderful.

Everyone must praise Him

in the city of our God,

on his holy_mountain.

₂Mount_Zion is beautiful and high.

Everyone on earth

is pleased with the mountain.

Mount Zion is where the city of God is,

the city of the Great_King.

₃God has shown that

He protects his people

within the strong walls of the city.

₄Kings came together

and they wanted to attack the city,

₅but when they saw God

protecting the city,

they became afraid and ran away.

₆They were afraid and started

to tremble like a woman

who is having a baby.

₇They feared like seamen do

when the eastern wind breaks

their boat in the sea.

₈They told us what God has done,

and now we have seen it.

God will always keep his city safe.

The Lord Almighty will

keep his city standing forever. Selah

₉O God, we have come

into your temple and we realise

that You are a faithful God.

₁₀Everyone on earth knows

your name and every one of them

must praise You.

O God, You are very good

and You always do what is right.

₁₁The people in Zion must rejoice.

The people in the cities of Judah

must sing because You are fair.

₁₂Walk around Jerusalem,

walk around the city,

and count the towers in the walls.

₁₃Look how strong the walls

around the city are.

Look at the walls inside the city

and tell this to your children.

₁₄Tell them: ‘The God

who protects this city

is our God, now and forever.

He will always lead us on his way.’