¹(En sang. En salme af Koras sønner.) Stor og højlovet er vor Gud i sin Stad.

¹A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God — His holy hill.

²Smukt løfter sig hans hellige Bjerg, al Jordens Fryd, Zions Bjerg i det højeste Nord, den store Konges By.

²Beautiful [for] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.

³Som Værn gjorde Gud sig kendt i dens Borge.

³God in her high places is known for a tower.

⁴Thi Kongerne samlede sig, rykked frem tilsammen;

⁴For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,

⁵de så og tav på Stedet, flyed i Angst,

⁵They have seen — so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.

⁶af Rædsel grebes de brat, af Veer som en, der føder.

⁶Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.

⁷Med Østenstormen knuser du Tarsisskibe.

⁷By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.

⁸Som vi havde hørt det, så vi det selv i Hærskarers HERREs By, i vor Guds By; til evig Tid lader Gud den stå. - Sela.

⁸As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her — to the age. Selah.

⁹I din Helligdom tænker vi, Gud, på din Miskundhed;

⁹We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple,

¹⁰som dit Navn så lyder din Pris til Jordens Grænser. Din højre er fuld af Retfærd,

¹⁰As [is] Thy name, O God, so [is] Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.

¹¹Zions Bjerg fryder sig, Judas Døtre jubler over dine Domme.

¹¹Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

¹²Drag rundt om Zion, gå rundt og tæl dets Tårne,

¹²Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,

¹³læg Mærke til dets Ringmur, så gennem dets Borge, at I kan melde Slægten, der

¹³Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,

¹⁴kommer: Sådan er Gud, vor Gud for evigt og altid, han skal lede os.

¹⁴That this God [is] our God — To the age and for ever, He — he doth lead us over death!