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New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].

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48

1   The Lord is great and worthy of our praise
    in the city of our God, upon his holy hill.
   2   Fair and lofty, the joy of the whole earth
    is Zion's hill, like the farthest reaches of the north, ^note
    the hill of the great King's city.
3   In her palaces God is known for a tower of strength.
   4   See how the kings all gather round her,
    marching on in company.
5   They are struck with amazement when they see her,
    they are filled with alarm and panic;
6   they are seized with trembling,
    they toss in pain like a woman in labour,
     7   like the ships of Tarshish
  when an east wind ^note wrecks them.
8   All we had heard we saw with our own eyes
  in the city of the Lord of Hosts,
  in the city of our God,
  the city which God plants firm for evermore.
9   O God, we re-enact the story of thy true love
    within thy temple;
   10   the praise thy name deserves, O God,
    is heard at earth's farthest bounds.
  Thy hand is charged with justice,
     11   and the hill of Zion rejoices,
  Judah's daughter-cities exult
    in thy judgements.

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Book 2

   12   Make the round of Zion in procession,
    count the number of her towers,
   13   take good note of her ramparts,
    pass her palaces in review,
  that you may tell generations yet to come:
     14   Such is God,
  our God for ever and ever;
    he shall be our guide eternally. ^note

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New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].