Psalm 48
Words: The Psalter of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1887 ed.
Note: This page also has Common Metre and Short Metre versions of this psalm.
(6666 88, or Hallelujah
Metre -- HM)
1 Within thy temple. Lord,
We on thy mercies dwell;
As is thy name adored,
So let thy praise excel:
Thy praises sound through every land,
And right thy scepter shall command.
2 Let Zion Mount rejoice,
Let Judah's daughters praise
The Lord with cheerful voice,
For judgment he displays;
Go round the walls on Zion's Mount,
Go round her splendors to recount.
3 The towers of Zion tell,
Her palaces survey,
Mark all her bulwarks well,
And to your children say:
This God forever shall abide,
Ev'n unto death our God and guide.
1 The Lord is great, and greatly he
Should be exalted still,
Within the city of our God,
Upon his holy hill.
2 Mount Zion stands most beautiful,
The joy of all the land;
The city of the mighty King
Doth on her north side doth stand.
3 The Lord within her palaces
Is for a refuge known.
For, lo, the kings that gathered were
Together, they have gone.
4 When they beheld it, all amazed,
They fled in great dismay;
And, being troubled at the sight~
They thence did haste away.
5 There seized with fear, they were as one
Whom travail-pains o'ertake.
Thou with a mighty eastern wind
Dost ships of Tarshish break.
6 In our God's city we have seen
What we had heard before,
The city by the Lord of hosts
Established evermore.
7 We of thy loving-kindness thought,
Lord, in thy holy place.
O God, according to thy name
Through all the earth's thy praise.
8 Thy right hand's full of righteousness:
Make Judah's daughters glad.
Let Zion Mount rejoice because
Thy judgments are displayed.
9 Encompass Zion, and go round,
Her lofty towers tell;
Consider ye her palaces,
And mark her bulwarks well;
10 That ye may tell posterity.
For this God doth abide
Our God forever more; he will
Even unto death us guide.
1 The Lord our God is great,
And greatly to be praised,
Within his city where his throne
Is on Mount Zion raised.
2 The joy of all the earth,
The walls of Zion rise
Most beautiful, and on the north
The great King's city lies.
3 God in her palaces
Is known a refuge high;
For, lo, assembled kings drew near,
But quickly hasted by.
4 They saw, they were amazed,
And seized with sudden dread,
With anguish like sore travail pains,
They turned their backs and fled.
5 By thee the Tarshish ships
On stormy seas are tossed,
And broken by an Eastern wind
Are with their treasures lost.
6 Such things our eyes have seen,
As we had heard before,
In our God's city, which he will
Establish evermore.
7 Within thy temple, Lord,
In that most holy place,
We on thy loving-kindness thought,
And wonders of thy grace.
8 According to thy name
Through all the earth's thy praise:
And every work of thy right hand
Thy righteousness displays.
9 Let Zion now rejoice,
And Judah's daughters sing;
Let them with joyfullness proclaim
The judgments of their King.
10 About Mount Zion walk,
Survey her walls with care,
And look upon her lofty towers;
See what their numbers are.
11 Observe her palaces,
And mark her ramparts well,
That so what you have seen you may
To future ages tell.
12 Because this God, our God,
Forever will abide;
And till life's journey close in death
Will be our faithful guide.
