48

Ezra Chapter 48

1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our

2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount

3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

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

5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and

6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in

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

8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of

9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy

10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of

11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad,

12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers

13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may

14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide