Tehillim 48

²Gadol is Hashem ,

and greatly to be praised in the Ir Eloheinu,

in His Har Kodesh.

³Yafeh in its loftiness, the joy of kol ha'aretz,

is Mount Tziyon, on the sides of the north,

the City of Melech Rav.

⁴Elohim is in her citadels,

known as her fortress.

⁵For, hinei, the melachim were assembled,

they advanced together.

⁶They saw, and ken (thus) they marvelled;

they were troubled, and fled.

⁷Trembling took hold upon them sham (there) ,

and pain, as of a woman in labor.

⁸Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish

with an east wind.

⁹As we have heard, so have we seen

in the Ir Hashem Tzva'os,

in the Ir Eloheinu;

Elohim will establish it ad olam.

Selah

¹⁰We meditate on Thy chesed, O Elohim,

in the midst of Thy Heikhal.

¹¹According to Thy Shem, O Elohim,

so is Thy tehillah unto the ends of ha'aretz;

Thy right hand is full of tzedek.

¹²Let Mount Tziyon rejoice,

let the Banot Yehudah (Daughters of Judah) be glad,

because of Thy mishpatim.

¹³Walk about Tziyon, and go around her;

count the towers thereof.

¹⁴Mark ye well her ramparts,

consider her citadels;

that ye may tell it to the dor acharon.

¹⁵For this Elohim is Eloheinu olam vaed;

He will be our guide even unto death.