1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
In the ^acity of our God,
In His holy mountain. ‡

2 ^aBeautiful in¹ elevation,
The joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,
The city of the great King. ‡

3 God is in her palaces;
He is known as her refuge.

4 For behold, ^athe kings assembled,
They passed by together. ‡

5 They saw it, and so they marveled;
They were troubled, they hastened away.

6 Fear ^atook hold of them there,
And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs, ‡

7 As when You break the ^aships of Tarshish
With an east wind. ‡

8 As we have heard,
So we have seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts,
In the city of our God:
God will ^aestablish it forever. Selah ‡

9 We have thought, O God, on ^aYour lovingkindness,
In the midst of Your temple. ‡

10 According to ^aYour name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness. ‡

11 Let Mount Zion rejoice,
Let the daughters of Judah be glad,
Because of Your judgments.

12 Walk about Zion,
And go all around her.
Count her towers;

13 Mark well her bulwarks;
Consider her palaces;
That you may ^atell it to the generation following. ‡

14 For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
^aHe will be our guide
¹Even to death. ‡