9NOBLE [PEOPLE] OF PEOPLES THEY HAVE GATHERED [THE] PEOPLE OF [THE] GOD OF ABRAHAM FOR [BELONG] TO GOD [THE] SHIELDS OF EARTH EXCEEDINGLY HE IS EXALTED 9The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
1[IS] GREAT YAHWEH AND [IS] TO BE PRAISED EXCEEDINGLY IN [THE] CITY OF GOD OUR [THE] MOUNTAIN OF HOLINESS HIS 1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
2[IT IS] BEAUTIFUL OF HEIGHT [THE] JOY OF ALL THE EARTH [THE] MOUNTAIN OF ZION [THE] REMOTEST PARTS OF ZAPHON [THE] TOWN OF [THE] KING GREAT 2Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon*NoteCloseOr in the far north; the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites was Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
3GOD [IS] IN FORTRESSES ITS HE HAS MADE HIMSELF KNOWN TO A REFUGE 3God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
4FOR THERE! THE KINGS THEY ASSEMBLED THEY PASSED ON TOGETHER 4For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
5THEY THEY SAW THUS THEY WERE ASTONISHED THEY WERE TERRIFIED THEY HURRIED AWAY 5They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
6TREMBLING IT SEIZED THEM THERE ANGUISH LIKE <THE> [WOMAN] GIVING BIRTH 6Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
7WITH A WIND OF [THE] EAST YOU SHATTER <THE> SHIPS OF TARSHISH 7With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.*NoteCloseOr a fleet of trading ships
8JUST AS WE HAVE HEARD SO WE HAVE SEEN IN [THE] CITY OF YAHWEH OF HOSTS IN [THE] CITY OF GOD OUR GOD HE WILL ESTABLISH IT UNTIL PERPETUITY SELAH 8As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
9WE HAVE REFLECTED ON O GOD COVENANT LOYALTY YOUR IN [THE] MIDST OF TEMPLE YOUR 9Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
10LIKE NAME YOUR O GOD SO PRAISE YOUR [IS] OVER [THE] ENDS OF [THE] EARTH RIGHTEOUSNESS IT IS FULL RIGHT [HAND] YOUR 10Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11IT WILL REJOICE [THE] MOUNTAIN OF ZION THEY WILL BE GLAD [THE] DAUGHTERS OF JUDAH ON ACCOUNT OF JUDGMENTS YOUR 11Mount Zion is glad, the daughters*NoteCloseOr the villages of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
12GO AROUND ZION AND GO ROUND IT COUNT TOWERS ITS 12March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
13SET HEART YOUR TO RAMPART ITS WALK THROUGH FORTRESSES ITS SO THAT YOU MAY RECOUNT [IT] TO A GENERATION LATER 13consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
14FOR THIS [IS] GOD GOD OUR FOREVER AND EVER HE HE WILL GUIDE US ON DYING 14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.*NoteCloseOr He will guide us beyond death