A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah

1Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be greatly praised in the city where he lives, which is built on Zion, his sacred hill.

2That city, on a high hill, is beautiful; it is the city where the true God, the great king, lives,
and it causes people all over the world to rejoice when they see it.

3God is in the strong towers there, and he shows that he protects the people in that city.

4Many kings gathered with their armies to attack that city,

5but when they saw it, they were amazed; they became terrified, and ran away.

6Because they were very afraid, they trembled like a woman who is about to give birth to a child;

7they shook like ships sailing from Tarshish are shaken by a strong wind.

8We had heard that this city is glorious,
and now we have seen that it is. It is the city in which Yahweh, the almighty one, lives.
It is the city which God will preserve/protect forever. (Think about that!)

9God, here in your temple we think about how you faithfully love us.

10You [MTY] are famous and ◄are praised/people praise you► all over the earth, because you rule powerfully [MTY] and justly.

11The people who live near Zion Hill should be happy!
The people in all the cities [MTY] in Judah should rejoice because you judge people fairly.

12You Israeli people should walk around Zion Hill and count the towers there;

13notice the walls there and examine the forts in order that you can tell about them to your children.

14Say to them, “This is the city that belongs to our God, the one who lives forever; he will guide us all of our lives.”