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[1]GREAT is our LORD, and exceedingly exalted in the city of our God and in his holy and glorious mountain.
[2]Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion on the slopes of the north, the city of the great King.
[3]God shows his might in her walled cities.
[4]For, lo, the kings were prepared, and they passed by together.
[5]They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were frustrated and hastened away.
[6]Fear took hold of them, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
[7]With a violent storm, the ships of Tarshish shall be broken.
[8]As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of our God; God will establish it for ever.
[9]We have trusted upon thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
[10]As is thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth; thy right hand is full of righteousness.
[11]Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad because of thy judgments, O LORD.
[12]Circle Zion, and go round about her; count the towers thereof.
[13]Mark well her strength and the depth of her bulwarks, that you may tell it to another generation.
[14]For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide until death.
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