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| Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised;
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in the city of our God is his holy hill.
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| Beautiful and lofty, the joy of all the earth,
is the hill of Zion, *
the very center of the world and the city of the great King.
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| God is in her citadels; *
he is known to be her sure refuge.
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| Behold, the kings of the earth assembled
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and marched forward together.
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| They looked and were astounded; *
they retreated and fled in terror.
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| Trembling seized them there; *
they writhed like a woman in childbirth,
like ships of the sea when the east wind shatters them.
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| As we have heard, so have we seen,
in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God; *
God has established her for ever.
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| We have waited in silence on your loving-kindness,
O God, *
in the midst of your temple.
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| 9
| Your praise, like your Name, O God, reaches
to the world's end; *
your right hand is full of justice.
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| 10
| Let Mount Zion be glad
and the cities of Judah rejoice, *
because of your judgments.
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| 11
| Make the circuit of Zion;
walk round about her; *
count the number of her towers.
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| Consider well her bulwarks;
examine her strongholds; *
that you may tell those who come after.
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| This God is our God for ever and ever; *
he shall be our guide for evermore.
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