1Great is the Lord , and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.


In Context

1 Great is the Lord , and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

2 It is beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth. Like the utmost heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King.

3 God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress.

Psalms 48:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:1Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:1A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core, on the second day of the week. Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:1Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:1{A Song; a Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.} Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:1A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:1A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:1Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:1A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God — His holy hill.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.