Psm48:1 The song of psalm, of the sons of Korah. The Lord is great, and worthy to be praised full much; in the city of our God, in the holy hill of him. ( The song of the psalm, for the sons of Korah . The Lord is great, and worthy to be greatly praised; in the city of our God, on his holy hill.)
Psm48:2 It is founded in the full out joying of all earth; the hill of Zion, the sides of the north, the city of the great king. (Well-placed, it is the full out joy, or the rejoicing , of all the earth; Mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.)
Psm48:3 God shall be known in the houses thereof; when he shall take it. (And God is known as a refuge, or a stronghold , in its palaces.)
Psm48:4 For lo! the kings of (the) earth were gathered together (against it); they came into one place.
Psm48:5 They seeing, so wondered; they were troubled, they were moved (al)together, (But when they saw it, they wondered about it/they were full of wonder, or amazement ; and they were troubled, and ran away,)
Psm48:6 trembling took them. There sorrows, as of a woman travailing of child; (for panic, or trembling , took hold of them there. And sorrows, like when a woman laboureth with child;)
Psm48:7 in a great spirit thou shalt all-break the ships of Tarshish. (or when a great east wind all-breaketh the ships from Tarshish.)
Psm48:8 As we heard, so we saw, in the city of the Lord of virtues, in the city of our God; God hath founded that city [into] without end. (All that we had heard about, we saw with our own eyes, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God; and God hath established that city forever.)
Psm48:9 God, we have received thy mercy; in the midst of thy temple. (God, we think about thy love; in the midst of thy Temple.)
Psm48:10 After thy name, God, so thy praising is spread abroad into the ends of earth; thy right hand is full of rightwiseness. (The praising of thy name, O God, is spread abroad unto the ends of the earth; thy right hand is full of righteousness.)
Psm48:11 The hill of Zion be glad, and the daughters of Judah be fully joyful; for thy dooms, Lord. (Let Mount Zion be glad, or rejoice , and let the daughters of Judah make full out joy; because of thy judgements, Lord.)
Psm48:12 Compass ye Zion, and embrace ye it; tell ye in the towers thereof. (March ye around Zion, ye people; and count ye up its towers.)
Psm48:13 Set ye your hearts in the virtue of him; and part ye the houses of him, that ye tell out in another generation. (Put ye its strongholds, or its fortresses , in your hearts; and think ye about its palaces, so that ye can tell about it to the next generation.)
Psm48:14 For this is God, our God, into without end, and into the world of world; he shall govern us into worlds. (For this God is our God, forever and ever; yea, he shall govern us forever.)