| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain. | 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 in elevation, The joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, The city of the great King. | 2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion in the far north, The city of the great King. |
| 3God is in her palaces; He is known as her refuge. | 3God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold. |
| 4For behold, the kings assembled, They passed by together. | 4For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together. |
| 5They saw it, and so they marveled; They were troubled, they hastened away. | 5They saw it, then they were amazed; They were terrified, they fled in alarm. |
| 6Fear took hold of them there, And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs, | 6Panic seized them there, Anguish, as of a woman in childbirth. |
| 7As when You break the ships of Tarshish With an east wind. | 7With the east wind You break the ships of Tarshish. |
| 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 it forever. Selah | 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 her forever. Selah. |
| 9We have thought, O God, on Your lovingkindness, In the midst of Your temple. | 9We have thought on Your lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of Your temple. |
| 10According to Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness. | 10As is Your name, O God, So is Your praise 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. | 11Let Mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice Because of Your judgments. |
| 12Walk about Zion, And go all around her. Count her towers; | 12Walk about Zion and go around her; Count her towers; |
| 13Mark well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces; That you may tell it to the generation following. | 13Consider her ramparts; Go through her palaces, That you may tell it to the next generation. |
| 14For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death. | 14For such is God, Our God forever and ever; He will guide us until death. |
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