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Psalms 48
A song of Zion the city, not Zion the symbol. It walks you onto Mount Zion's heights, then watches a coalition of kings approach, see something, and flee in panic — gripped by pain "as of a woman in travail" — before the east wind shatters the ships of Tarshish. Watch how the poem turns from threat to a guided tour: the worshippers are told to walk around the walls, count the towers, and inspect the ramparts so the next generation can be told what God defended.
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Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
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Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.
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God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
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For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.
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They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away.
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Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
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With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.
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As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the LORD of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
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We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.
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As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
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Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.
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Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.
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Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.
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For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.
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Grande é o SENHOR, e muito digno de ser louvado, na cidade do nosso Deus, no seu santo monte.
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Belo em sua elevação, a alegria de toda a terra, é o monte Sião, nos lados do norte, a cidade do grande Rei.
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Deus se revelou em suas cidadelas como um refúgio.
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Pois, eis que os reis se reuniram, eles passaram juntos.
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Eles a viram, e então se espantaram. Ficaram aterrorizados. E fugiram apressados.
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O tremor tomou conta deles ali, dor, como a de uma mulher em trabalho de parto.
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Com o vento oriental, tu quebras os navios de Társis.
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Assim como ouvimos, também vimos, na cidade do SENHOR dos Exércitos, na cidade do nosso Deus. Deus a estabelecerá para sempre. Selá.
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Temos meditado sobre o teu amor leal, ó Deus, no meio do teu templo.
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Assim como é o teu nome, ó Deus, assim é o teu louvor até os confins da terra. A tua mão direita está cheia de justiça.
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Alegre-se o monte Sião! Regozijem-se as filhas de Judá por causa dos teus juízos.
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Caminhem por Sião, e rodeiem-na. Contem as suas torres.
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Observem os seus baluartes. Considerem os seus palácios, para que vocês possam contar à próxima geração.
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Pois este Deus é o nosso Deus para todo o sempre. Ele será o nosso guia até a morte.
Counting towers as testimony
The closing instruction (v.12-13) is oddly concrete: number the towers, notice the bulwarks, consider the palaces. The point is memory — "that you may tell it to the next generation." The stones become evidence that the rumor matched reality: "As we have heard, so we have seen" (v.8).
It ends not with the architecture but with the architect: "this God is our God forever" who will guide "even to death" (v.14).
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