1 En sang, en salme; av Korahs barn.
2 Stor er Herren og høilovet i vår Guds stad, på hans hellige berg.
3 Fagert hever det sig, en glede for all jorden er Sions berg, det ytterste Norden*, den store konges stad. / {* Sion er som Guds bolig i sannhet hvad hedningene falskelig tenkte sig om et fjell i det ytterste Norden, et hellig og meget høit fjell.}
4 Gud er i dens borger, han er blitt kjent som et fast vern.
5 For se, kongene samlet sig, de drog frem tilsammen.
6 De så, da blev de forferdet; de blev slått med redsel, flyktet i hast.
7 Beven grep dem der, angst som hos en fødende kvinne.
8 Ved østenvind knuste du Tarsis-skib.
9 Likesom vi hadde hørt, så har vi nu sett det i Herrens, hærskarenes Guds stad, i vår Guds stad; Gud gjør den fast til evig tid. Sela.
10 Vi grunder, Gud, på din miskunnhet midt i ditt tempel.
11 Som ditt navn, Gud, så er din pris inntil jordens ender; din høire hånd er full av rettferdighet.
12 Sions berg gleder sig, Judas døtre fryder sig for dine dommers skyld.
13 Gå omkring Sion og vandre rundt om det, tell dets tårn!
14 Gi akt på dets voller, vandre gjennem dets borger, forat I kan fortelle derom til den kommende slekt.
15 For denne Gud er vår Gud evindelig og alltid; han skal føre oss ut over døden.
1 A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.
2 \48:1\Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.
3 \48:2\Beautiful in its high position, the joy of all the earth, is the mountain of Zion, the mountain of God, the town of the great King.
4 \48:3\In its buildings God is seen to be a high tower.
5 \48:4\For see! the kings came together by agreement, they were joined together.
6 \48:5\They saw it, and so were full of wonder; they were troubled, and went quickly away in fear.
7 \48:6\Shaking came on them and pain, as on a woman in childbirth.
8 \48:7\By you the ships of Tarshish are broken as by an east wind.
9 \48:8\As it came to our ears so have we seen it, in the town of the Lord of armies, in the town of our God; God will keep it fixed for ever. (Selah.)
10 \48:9\Our thoughts were of your mercy, O God, while we were in your Temple.
11 \48:10\As your name is, O God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth; your right hand is full of righteousness.
12 \48:11\Let there be joy in the mountain of Zion, and let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your wise decisions.
13 \48:12\Make your way about Zion, and go round it, numbering its towers.
14 \48:13\Take note of its strong walls, looking well at its fair buildings; so that you may give word of it to the generation which comes after.
15 \48:14\Because this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide.