Israel - say Tehilim now!
א שִׁיר מִזְמוֹר, לִבְנֵי-קֹרַח.
ב גָּדוֹל יְהוָה וּמְהֻלָּל מְאֹד-- בְּעִיר אֱלֹהֵינוּ, הַר-קָדְשׁוֹ.
ג יְפֵה נוֹף, מְשׂוֹשׂ כָּל-הָאָרֶץ:
הַר-צִיּוֹן, יַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֹן; קִרְיַת, מֶלֶךְ רָב.
ד אֱלֹהִים בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָ, נוֹדַע לְמִשְׂגָּב.
ה כִּי-הִנֵּה הַמְּלָכִים, נוֹעֲדוּ; עָבְרוּ יַחְדָּו.
ו הֵמָּה רָאוּ, כֵּן תָּמָהוּ; נִבְהֲלוּ נֶחְפָּזוּ.
ז רְעָדָה, אֲחָזָתַם שָׁם; חִיל, כַּיּוֹלֵדָה.
ח בְּרוּחַ קָדִים-- תְּשַׁבֵּר, אֳנִיּוֹת תַּרְשִׁישׁ.
ט כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְנוּ, כֵּן רָאִינוּ--
בְּעִיר-יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת, בְּעִיר אֱלֹהֵינוּ:
אֱלֹהִים יְכוֹנְנֶהָ עַד-עוֹלָם סֶלָה.
י דִּמִּינוּ אֱלֹהִים חַסְדֶּךָ-- בְּקֶרֶב, הֵיכָלֶךָ.
יא כְּשִׁמְךָ אֱלֹהִים-- כֵּן תְּהִלָּתְךָ, עַל-קַצְוֵי-אֶרֶץ;
צֶדֶק, מָלְאָה יְמִינֶךָ.
יב יִשְׂמַח, הַר צִיּוֹן--תָּגֵלְנָה, בְּנוֹת יְהוּדָה: לְמַעַן, מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ.
יג סֹבּוּ צִיּוֹן, וְהַקִּיפוּהָ; סִפְרוּ, מִגְדָּלֶיהָ.
יד שִׁיתוּ לִבְּכֶם, לְחֵילָה--פַּסְּגוּ אַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָ: לְמַעַן תְּסַפְּרוּ, לְדוֹר אַחֲרוֹן.
טו כִּי זֶה, אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהֵינוּ--עוֹלָם וָעֶד; הוּא יְנַהֲגֵנוּ עַל-מוּת.
1A song, a psalm of the sons of Korah.
2The Lord is great and very much praised, in the city of our God, the Mount of His Sanctuary.
3The fairest of branches, the joy of the entire earth- Mount Zion, by the north side, the city of a great king.
4God is in its palaces; He is known as a stronghold.
5For behold, the kings have assembled; they have passed together.
6They saw, so they wondered; they were startled, yea, they were bewildered.
7A quaking seized them there, pangs like [those of] a woman in confinement.
8With an east wind, [with which] You break the ships of Tarshish.
9As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of Hosts, in the city of our God; God shall establish it forever and ever.
10We hoped, O Lord, for Your kindness in the midst of Your Temple.
11As is Your name, O God, so is Your praise upon the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
12Mount Zion shall rejoice; the daughters of Judah shall exult for the sake of Your judgments.
13Encompass Zion and surround it, count its towers.
14Give heed to its walls, raise its palaces, in order that you may tell a later generation.
15For this is God, our God forever and ever; He shall lead us as in youth.
Psalm 48