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[1]Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
[2]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.
[3]God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to help her.
[4]For, behold the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together.
[5]They saw, and so they wondered: they were troubled, they were moved.
[6]Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in travail.
[7]Thou wilt break the ships of Tharsis with a vehement wind.
[8]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.
[9]We have thought of thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy people.
[10]According to thy name, O God, so is also thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
[11]Let mount Sion rejoice, let the daughters of Judaea exult, because of thy judgments, O Lord.
[12]Go round about Sion, and encompass her: tell ye her towers.
[13]Mark ye well her strength, and observe her palaces; that ye may tell the next generation.
[14]For this is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide for evermore.
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