Psalm Forty-Eight: Great Are You Lord

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   Psalm 48
Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise,

    in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

Beautiful in its loftiness,

    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion,
    the city of the Great King.

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

When the kings joined forces,

    when they advanced together,
 
they saw her and were astounded;
    they fled in terror.
 
Trembling seized them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.
 
You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish
    shattered by an east wind.

As we have heard,

    so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
    in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
    forever.

Within your temple, O God,

    we meditate on your unfailing love.
 
Like your name, O God,
    your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;
    your right hand is filled with righteousness.
 
Mount Zion rejoices,
    the villages of Judah are glad
    because of your judgments.

Walk about Zion, go around her,

    count her towers,
 
consider well her ramparts,
    view her citadels,
that you may tell of them
    to the next generation.

For this God is our God for ever and ever;

    he will be our guide even to the end.
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Something that I love to do is pray the Psalms. So often, they put to words what my heart is feeling. For the month of May, let's pray a portion of the Psalm (rewritten by me) every morning together: 
"Heavenly Father, you are great! You are worthy of all of our praise and adoration. Even during a time like this, when life seems so different than we know, we still declare that you are worthy of praise! God, you are still on your throne, and you are in control. Today, we just stop and take time to praise you for who you are. You are our God forever and ever and ever! Amen"

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