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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.

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

³ God is knowen in her palaces for a refuge.

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

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

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

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

⁸ As 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,

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

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

Vaine trust.

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

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

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

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

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Psalms Chapter 48 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):

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

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