1The LORD is great, and is greatly to be praised in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.
2Mount Zion is beautiful where it stands, the joy of the whole earth, on the northern side, the city of the great King.
3God is known in her palaces as a safe place.
4For look, the kings gathered together, they passed by together.
5They saw it, and they were amazed; they were troubled, and hurried away.
6Fear took hold of them there, and pain like a woman giving birth.
7You break the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8What we have heard, we have also seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God. God will make it stand for ever. Selah.
9We have thought about your loving kindness, O God, inside your temple.
10O God, like your name, so is your praise, reaching to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your judgments.
12Walk around Zion, go all the way round her. Count her towers.
13Look carefully at her walls, study her palaces, so that you can tell it to the generation that comes after.
14For this God is our God for ever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.