1. How great is the lord,how deserving of praise,in the city of our God,which sits on his holy mountain!
2. It is high and magnificent;the whole earth rejoices to see it!Mount Zion, the holy mountain,is the city of the great King!
3. God himself is in Jerusalem’s towers,revealing himself as its defender.
4. The kings of the earth joined forcesand advanced against the city.
5. But when they saw it, they were stunned;they were terrified and ran away.
6. They were gripped with terrorand writhed in pain like a woman in labor.