¹A song. A psalm of the descendants of Korach:

²Great is Adonai

and greatly to be praised,

in the city of our God,

his holy mountain,

³beautiful in its elevation,

the joy of all the earth,

Mount Tziyon, in the far north,

the city of the great king.

⁴In its citadels God

has been revealed as a strong defense.

⁵For the kings met by agreement;

together they advanced.

⁶They saw and were filled with consternation;

terrified, they took to flight.

⁷Trembling took hold of them,

pains like those of a woman in labor,

⁸as when the wind out of the east

wrecks the “Tarshish” ships.

⁹We heard it, and now we see for ourselves

in the city of Adonai -Tzva’ot ,

in the city of our God.

May God establish it forever. (Selah)

¹⁰God, within your temple

we meditate on your grace.

¹¹God, your praise, like your name,

extends to the ends of the earth.

Your right hand is filled with righteousness.

¹²Let Mount Tziyon rejoice,

let the daughters of Y’hudah be glad,

because of your judgment [on the enemy].

¹³Walk through Tziyon, go all around it;

count how many towers it has.

¹⁴Note its ramparts, pass through its citadels,

so that you can tell generations to come

¹⁵that such is God, our God forever;

he will guide us eternally.