Psalms 47

Septuagint (Brenton, 1851) 47 compared with King James Version 48

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²Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain .

²Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

³The city of the great King is well planted [on] the mountains of Sion, with the joy of the whole earth, [on] the sides of the north.

³Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

⁴God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to help her.

⁴God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

⁵For, behold, the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together.

⁵For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

⁶They saw , and so they wondered: they were troubled, they were moved.

⁶They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

⁷Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in travail.

⁷Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

⁸Thou wilt break the ships of Tharsis with a vehement wind.

⁸Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

⁹As we have heard, so have we also seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God has founded it for ever. Pause.

⁹As 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.

¹⁰We have thought of thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy people.

¹⁰We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

¹¹According to thy name, O God, so is also thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

¹¹According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

¹²Let mount Sion rejoice, let the daughters of Judæa exult, because of thy judgments, O Lord.

¹²Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

¹³Go round about Sion, and encompass her: tell ye her towers .

¹³Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

¹⁴Mark ye well her strength, and observe her palaces; that ye may tell the next generation .

¹⁴Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

¹⁵For this is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide for evermore.

¹⁵For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.