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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.