2 beautiful and majestic,brings joy to all on earth.Mount Zion, truly sacred,is home for the Great King.
3 God is there to defend itand has proved to beits protector.
4 Kings joined forcesto attack the city,
5 but when they saw it,they were terrifiedand ran away.
6 They trembled all overlike women giving birth
7 or like seagoing shipswrecked by eastern winds.
8 We had heard about it,and now we have seen itin the city of our God,the Lord All-Powerful.This is the city that Godwill let stand for ever.