Viewing the 1611 King James Version of Psalmes (Psalms) Chapter 48, also known as: THE BOOKE OF Psalmes. , Psalms, Pslm, Ps, Psalm, Psa, Psm, Pss,.

View smaller size scan of original Psalms Chapter 48, view text-only version of Psalms Chapter 48, or click to switch to the standard King James Version of Psalms Chapter 48

Why does it have strange spelling?

CHAP. XLVIII.

The Ornaments and priuiledges of the Church.

¹[A song, and Psalme for the sonnes of Korah.] Great is the Lord, and greatly to bee praised in the citie of our God, in the mountaine of his holinesse.

²Beautifull for situation, the ioy of the whole earth is moūt Sion, on the sides of the North, the citie of the great King.

³God is knowen in her palaces for a refuge.

⁴For loe, the kings were assembled: they passed by together.

⁵They sawe it, and so they marueiled, they were troubled and hasted away.

⁶Feare tooke holde vpon them there, and paine, as of a woman in trauaile.

⁷Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an East wind.

⁸As we haue heard, so haue wee seene in the citie of the Lord of hosts, in the citie of our God, God will establish it for euer. Selah,

⁹Wee haue thought of thy louing kindnesse, O God, in the middest of thy Temple.

¹⁰According to thy Name, O God, so is thy praise vnto the endes of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousnesse.

Vaine trust.

¹¹Let mount Sion reioyce, let the daughters of Iudah be glad, because of thy iudgements.

¹²Walke about Sion, and goe round about her: tell the towres thereof.

¹³Marke yee well her bulwarkes, consider her palaces; that yee may tell it to the generation following.¹³

¹⁴For this God is our God for euer, and euer; he will be our guide euen vnto death.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Psalms Chapter 48

¹³ Heb. set your heart to her bulwarkes. , Or, raise vp.

* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania