| King James Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. | 1A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain. |
| 2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. | 2Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King. |
| 3God is known in her palaces for a refuge. | 3God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress. |
| 4For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. | 4For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together. |
| 5They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. | 5They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror. |
| 6Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. | 6Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor. |
| 7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. | 7With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish. |
| 8As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. | 8As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah |
| 9We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. | 9Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion. |
| 10According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. | 10Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches 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 thy judgments. | 11Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments. |
| 12Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. | 12March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers, |
| 13Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. | 13consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation. |
| 14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. | 14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death. |
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