🔊 Audio of Psalm 48
Psalm 48
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | שִׁ֥יר מִ֜זְמ֗וֹר לִבְנֵי־קֹֽרַח: | Shír miz-mór liv-néi Ko-rákh. | A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. |
| 2 | גָּדוֹל יְהוָה וּמְהֻלָּל מְאֹד בְּעִיר אֱלֹהֵינוּ הַר־קָדְשׁוֹ | Ga-dól Ado-nái u-me-hu-l-lál me-ód; be-ír E-lo-hé-nu har kod-shó. | Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain. |
| 3 | יְפֵה נוֹף מְשׂוֹשׂ כָּל־הָאָרֶץ הַר־צִיּוֹן יַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֹן קִרְיַת מֶלֶךְ רָב | Ye-féh noóf mish-sós kál ha-á-rets; har Tzi-yón yar-ke-téi tza-fón; ki-ryát me-lékh ráv. | Beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King. |
| 4 | אֱלֹהִים בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָ נוֹדַע לְמִשְׂגָּב | E-lo-hím be-ar-me-no-té-ha; no-dá‘ le-mis-gáv. | Within her citadels God has made Himself known as a fortress. |
| 5 | כִּי־הִנֵּה הַמְּלָכִים נוֹעֲדוּ עָבְרוּ יַחְדָּו | Ki hin-néh ha-me-la-khím no-a-dú; a-ve-rú yakh-dáv. | For behold, the kings assembled; they came on together. |
| 6 | הֵמָּה רָאוּ כֵּן תָּמָהוּ נִבְהֲלוּ נֶחְפָּזוּ | Hé-mah ra-á-u kén ta-má-hu; niv-ha-lú nekh-pá-zu. | As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic; they took to flight. |
| 7 | רְעָדָה אֲחָזָתַם שָׁם חִיל כַּיּוֹלֵדָה | Re-é-dah a-kha-zát-am shám; khil kha-yó-lah. | Trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in labor. |
| 8 | בְּרוּחַ קָדִים תְּשַׁבֵּר אֳנִיּוֹת תַּרְשִׁישׁ | Be-rú-akh ka-dím te-sha-b-bér o-ni-yót Tar-shísh. | By the east wind You shattered the ships of Tarshish. |
| 9 | כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְנוּ כֵּן רָאִינוּ בְּעִיר־יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת בְּעִיר אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֱלֹהִים יְכוֹנְנֶהָ עַד־עוֹלָם סֶלָה | Ka-a-shér sha-má‘-nu kén ra-í-nu be-ír Ado-nái tze-va-ót; be-ír E-lo-hé-nu; E-lo-hím ye-kho-ne-né-ha ad o-lám. Sé-lah. | As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God, which God will establish forever. Selah. |
| 10 | דִּמִּינוּ אֱלֹהִים חַסְדֶּךָ בְּקֶרֶב הֵיכָלֶךָ | Di-mí-nu E-lo-hím khas-de-khá; be-ké-rev hei-kha-le-khá. | We have thought on Your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of Your temple. |
| 11 | כְּשִׁמְךָ אֱלֹהִים כֵּן תְּהִלָּתְךָ עַל־קַצְוֵי־אֶרֶץ צֶדֶק מָלְאָה יְמִינֶךָ | Ke-shim-khá E-lo-hím kén te-hil-la-te-khá al kan-féi e-réts; tze-dék ma-le-áh ye-mi-ne-khá. | As Your name, O God, so Your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness. |
| 12 | יִשְׂמַח הַר־צִיּוֹן תָּגֵלְנָה בְּנוֹת יְהוּדָה לְמַעַן מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ | Yis-mákh har Tzi-yón; ta-gél-nah be-nót Ye-hu-dáh; le-ma-án mish-pa-te-khá. | Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of Your judgments! |
| 13 | סֹבּוּ צִיּוֹן וְהַקִּיפוּהָ סִפְרוּ מִגְדָּלֶיהָ | So-bú-vah Tzi-yón ve-hak-ke-fú-ha; sip-pe-rú mig-da-lo-té-ha. | Walk about Zion, go around her, number her towers. |
| 14 | שִׁיתוּ לִבְּכֶם לְחֵילָה פַּסְּגוּ אַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָ לְמַעַן תְּסַפְּרוּ לְדוֹר אַחֲרוֹן | Shi-tú lib-be-khém le-khe-láh; pas-se-gú ar-me-no-té-ha; le-ma-án te-sap-pe-rú le-dor a-kha-rón. | Consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels, that you may tell the next generation. |
| 15 | כִּי זֶה אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהֵינוּ עוֹלָם וָעֶד הוּא יְנַהֲגֵנוּ עַל־מוּת | Ki ze E-lo-hím E-lo-hé-nu o-lám va-éd; hu ye-na-ha-gé-nu al mút. | That this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever. |