psalm 48

Psalm 48

The Beauty and Glory of Zion.

A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1^(A)Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised,
In the ^(B)city of our God, His ^(C)holy mountain.
2^(D)Beautiful in elevation, ^(E)the joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion in the far north,
The ^(F)city of the great King.
3God, in her palaces,
Has made Himself known as a ^(G)stronghold.
4For, lo, the ^(H)kings assembled themselves,
They passed by together.
5They saw it, then they were amazed;
They were ^(I)terrified, they fled in alarm.
6Panic seized them there,
Anguish, as of ^(J)a woman in childbirth.
7With the ^(K)east wind
You ^(L)break the ^(M)ships of Tarshish.
8As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God;
God will ^(N)establish her forever. Selah.
9We have thought on ^(O)Your lovingkindness, O God,
In the midst of Your temple.
10As is Your ^(P)name, O God,
So is Your ^(Q)praise to the ends of the earth;
Your ^(R)right hand is full of righteousness.
11Let Mount ^(S)Zion be glad,
Let the ^(T)daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your judgments.
12Walk about Zion and go around her;
Count her ^(U)towers;
13Consider her ^(V)ramparts;
Go through her palaces,
That you may ^(W)tell it to the next generation.
14For such is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will ^(X)guide us ^[a]until death.


my heart loves this psalm. it shows what we're made to do, give glory and praises to God. see how great God is and give him what he rightfully deserves, and praise truth. its the right thing. whenever we don't we're exchanging the truth for a lie. and for what? that lie that we think is better than God. im so grateful to you guys that you guys always point me back to the truth, even though the truth isnt what i always want to hear. thank you for considering my soul and the truth more important than just hearing empty words that deviate from the truth, because thats the way it should be. the more i look at myself and the more i look deeper into me, it just gets more and more depressing, but maybe thats a good thing because if i was deluded into being satisfied with myself, it would be harder to come to Christ. it makes me want to run to him and be like, AH i've tried to save myself and nothings working, please help. its so hard to remember that i am a child of God because of Christ's sacrifice and because of his righteousness. i keep looking at myself and feeling so discouraged. i used to read in the Bible, "be holy for i am holy" and think that was a mistake because who can do that? but i realized the other day, things like that make running to Christ the only option. what else could you do? God's holy wrath toward sin is real, but he was merciful and just to make a way for sinners to come back to him. For such is God, Our God forever and ever; He will guide us until death.