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A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.
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It is beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth. Like the utmost heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King.
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God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress.
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When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together,
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they saw her and were astounded; they fled in terror.
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Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor.
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You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind.
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As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever. Selah
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Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.
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Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.
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Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.
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Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers,
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consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation.
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For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
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