PSA 48:1 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Εἰς τὸ τέλος, τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορὲ ψαλμός.
(Eis to telos, tois huiois Kore psalmos.)

ULT Great is Yahweh and greatly to be praised,
⇔ in the city of our God on his holy mountain.

UST One of the Korahites wrote psalm.
⇔ Yahweh is great, and he deserves to have people praise him greatly
⇔ in Jerusalem, the city that belongs to him.
⇔ That city is high up on the mountain that he chose
⇔ as the place where people would worship him.

BSB A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
⇔ Great is the LORD,
⇔ and greatly to be praised
⇔ in the city of our God,
⇔ His holy mountain.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB A song. A psalm of the Korahites.
⇔ Great is the Lord and worthy all praise
⇔ in the city of our God.
⇔ His holy mountain,

WEBBE Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised,
⇔ in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise
⇔ in the city of our God, his holy hill.

LSV A SONG. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. Great [is] YHWH, and greatly praised,
In the city of our God—His holy hill.

FBV The Lord is supreme! He deserves praise in the city of our God on his holy mountain.

T4T Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be greatly praised in the city where he lives,
⇔ which is built on Zion, his sacred hill.

LEB • A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.[fn]
• Yahweh is great and very worthy of praise
• in the city of our God, in his holy mountain .[fn]

48:? The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one

48:? Literally “mountain of holiness”

BBE Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.

Moff Great is the Eternal, loudly to be praised
⇔ within the city of our God,
⇔ upon his sacred hill.

JPS (48-1) A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. (48-2) Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, in the city of our God, His holy mountain,

ASV Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised,
⇔ In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

DRA Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core.

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

Drby Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our [fn]God, in the hill of his holiness.

48.1 Elohim

RV Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

SLT A song of chanting to the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

Wbstr A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

KJB-1769 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.[fn]

48.1 for: or, of

KJB-1611 ¶ Great is the LORD, and greatly to bee praised in the citie of our God, in the mountaine of his holinesse.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps A song, the psalme of the children of Corach. Great is God, and hyghly to be praysed: in the citie of our Lorde, his holy hyll.
(A song, the psalm of the children of Corach. Great is God, and highly to be praised: in the city of our Lord, his holy hill.)

Gnva A song or Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praysed, in the Citie of our God, euen vpon his holy Mountaine.
(A song or Psalm committed to the sons of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, in the City of our God, even upon his holy Mountain.)

Cvdl Greate is ye LORDE & hyelie to be praysed, in ye cite of or God, eue vpo his holy hill.
(Great is ye/you_all LORD and highly to be praised, in ye/you_all cite of or God, eve/even upon his holy hill.)

Wycl The title of the eiyte and fourtithe salm. To victorie, a salm to the sones of Chore.
(The title of the eight and fortieth psalm. To victory, a psalm to the sons of Chore.)

Luth Ein Psalmlied der Kinder Korah.
(A psalm_song the/of_the children Korah.)

ClVg In finem, filiis Core. Psalmus.[fn]
(In the_end, to_the_children Core. Psalm.)

48.1 In finem, psalmus, etc. CASS. Agit Propheta de amatoribus mundi, et Christo redemptore, non illorum, sed contemptorum mundi, ut dejectus in mundo non appretietur elatos. AUG. Qui colunt Deum, etc., usque ad attentos facit ad nova et ad ingentia.

48.1 In the_end, psalm/song, etc. CASS. Agit Prophet from/about lovers world, and to_Christ/Messiah redeemer/farmere, not/no of_them, but contemptorum world, as deyectus in/into/on to_the_world not/no appretietur elatos. AUG. Who they_worship God, etc., until to attentos he/it_does to new and to huge.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וּ⁠מְהֻלָּ֣ל

(Some words not found in UHB: song song of,the_sons_of Qoraḩ )

The expression is being praised is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [and people are praising him]

Note 2 topic: translate-tense

וּ⁠מְהֻלָּ֣ל

(Some words not found in UHB: song song of,the_sons_of Qoraḩ )

In this context, the verbal form has the implied sense that Yahweh “is to be praised” or “ought to be praised.” Your language may have a verbal form that indicates that explicitly. If so, it would be appropriate to use it here in your translation. If not, you may be able to indicate this sense in another way. Alternate translation: [and he is worthy to be praised]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

בְּ⁠עִ֥יר אֱ֝לֹהֵ֗י⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: song song of,the_sons_of Qoraḩ )

Since the psalmist has used the name Yahweh earlier in this sentence, and since Yahweh is the same person as our God, it may be more natural in your language to use a pronoun here. Alternate translation: [in his city]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

הַר־קָדְשֽׁ⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: song song of,the_sons_of Qoraḩ )

The psalmist is using the possessive form to describe a mountain, Mount Zion, that is characterized by holiness. The idea is that Yahweh set apart this mountain as a place where he would be present in a special way and where people would worship him. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [on the mountain that he set apart for himself] or [on the mountain that he made a sacred place]

Parallel PSA 48:1