Psalms 47

1 Ψαλμὸς ᾠδῆς τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορὲ δευτέρᾳ σαββάτου.

2 Μεγὰς Κύριος, καὶ αἰνετὸς σφόδρα ἐν πόλει τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ἐν ὄρει ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ.

3 Εὐρίζων, ἀγαλλιάματι πάσης τῆς γῆς, ὄρη Σιὼν τὰ πλευρὰ τοῦ βοῤῥᾶ, ἡ πόλις τοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ μεγάλου.

4 Ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ταῖς βάρεσιν αὐτῆς γινώσκεται, ὅταν ἀντιλαμβάνηται αὐτῆς.

5 Ὅτι ἰδοὺ οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς συνήχθησαν, ἤλθοσαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό.

6 Αὐτοὶ ἰδόντες οὕτως ἐθαύμασαν, ἐταράχθησαν, ἐσαλεύθησαν,

7 τρόμος ἐπελάβετο αὐτῶν· ἐκεῖ ὠδῖνες ὡς τικτούσης.

8 Ἐν πνεύματι βιαίῳ συντρίψεις πλοῖα Θάρσις.

9 Καθάπερ ἠκούσαμεν, οὕτως καὶ εἴδομεν, ἐν πόλει Κυρίου τῶν δυνάμεων, ἐν πόλει τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ὁ Θεὸς ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτὴν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· διάψαλμα.

10 Ὑπελάβομεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ σου.

11 Κατὰ τὸ ὄνομά σου ὁ Θεὸς, οὕτως καὶ ἡ αἴνεσίς σου ἐπὶ τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς, δικαιοσύνης πλήρης ἡ δεξιά σου.

12 Εὐφρανθήτω τὸ ὄρος Σιὼν, ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν αἱ θυγατέρες τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἕνεκα τῶν κριμάτων σου Κύριε.

13 Κυκλώσατε Σιὼν, καὶ περιλάβετε αὐτὴν, διηγήσασθε ἐν τοῖς πύργοις αὐτῆς.

14 Θέσθε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν εἰς τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῆς, καὶ καταδιέλεσθε τὰς βάρεις αὐτῆς, ὅπως ἂν διηγήσησθε εἰς γενεὰν ἑτέραν.

15 Ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος, αὐτὸς ποιμανεῖ ἡμᾶς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

1 A Psalm of praise for the sons of Core on the second day of the week.

A song.

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

3 The 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.

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

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

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

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

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

9 As 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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