1. The Lord is great and should be given much praise, in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
2. Mount Zion in the far north is beautiful and high, the joy of the whole earth, the city of the great King.
3. God has made Himself known as a safe place in that city.
4. For, see, the kings gathered themselves and went up together.
5. They saw it, then they were surprised and afraid. And they ran away fast in fear.
6. They began shaking there. And they suffered pain like a woman giving birth.
7. You wreck the ships of Tarshish with the east wind.
8. As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the Lord of All, in the city of our God. God will make her last forever.
9. O God, we have thought about Your loving-kindness within Your holy house.
10. Like Your name, O God, Your praise is heard to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of what is right and good.
11. Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the people of Judah be full of joy because You are right in how You judge.
12. Walk in Zion, and go around her. See how many towers she has.
13. Give thought to her walls. Go through her beautiful houses where kings live. And tell about it to the children-to-come.
14. This is God, our God forever and ever. He will show us the way until death.