Verse 1
Great is our Redeeming Lord (Psalm 48:1)
In Power, and Truth, and Grace, (John 1:14, John 1:17)
Him by highest Heaven ador’d (Heb. 1:6, Rev. 4:8-11, Rev. 5:14, Rev. 7:11, Rev. 11:6, Rev. 19:4)
His Church on Earth should Praise:
In the City of our GOD, (Psalm 48:1)
In his Holy Mount below (Psalm 48:1)
Publish, spread his Praise abroad, (Psalm 96:3, Isa. 12:4-5)
And all his Greatness shew. (Psalm 145:3)
Verse 2
Built by his Almighty Hands (Psalm 87:1)
The Towers of Salem rise, (Psalm 48:2, Psalm 48:12-13)
Fair, and firm the City stands, (Psalm 87:1)
Adjoining to the Skies; (Psalm 48:2, Rev. 21:2)
Joy to all the Earth She brings, (Psalm 48:2)
Stor’d with Blessings from above,
Kept by the great King of Kings, (I Tim. 6:5, Rev. 17:14, Rev. 19:16)
Her Guardian GOD of Love.
Verse 3
Monarchs with their Armies met (Psalm 48:4)
Jerusalem t’ assail
Sworn to o’erthrow the sacred Seat
Where GOD vouchsafes to dwell: (Psalm 132:13-14)
Lo! their Boast is turn’d to Shame,
Struck with sore Amaze and Dread,
Marching towards her Walls they came:
They came: they saw: they fled. (Psalm 48:4-5)
Verse 4
Horror seiz’d thy Sion’s Foes, (Psalm 48:6)
And pain’d their guilty Heart, (Psalm 48:6)
As a travelling [travailing] Woman’s Throe’s (Psalm 48:6, Isa. 13:8, Isa. 21:3, Isa. 26:17-18, Jer. 6:24, Jer. 13:21, Jer. 22:23, Jer. 49:24, Mic. 4:9-10)
They felt the killing Smart:
Scatter’d by thy Storming Ire,
Dash’d as Ships against the Shore, (Psalm 48:7)
Tyrants with their Hopes expire,
And sink to rise no more. (Ex. 15:4)
Verse 5
We the Works of Antient Days
Have seen repeated now,
GOD doth still his Sion raise, (Psalm 48:8)
And force her Foes to bow;
Still She in her Saviour trusts, (Isa. 14:32)
Glories in his Constant Care;
There He dwells, the Lord of Hosts, (Psalm 48:3)
He reigns for ever there. (Mic. 4:7)
Verse 6
For thy Loving-kindness, Lord, (Psalm 48:9)
We in thy Temple stay, (Psalm 48:9)
Here thy faithfull Love record,
Thy saving Power display,
With thy Name thy Praise is known, (Psalm 48:10)
Glorious thy Perfections shine,
Earth’s remotest Bounds shall own (Psalm 48:10, Psalm 96:3, Isa. 40:5)
Thy Works are all Divine.
Verse 7
All thy mighty Works are wrought
In perfect Equity; (Psalm 98:9, Psalm 111:3-4, Psalm 145:17)
Sion by thy Judgments taught
Shall give the Praise to Thee: (Psalm 48:11)
Thee let all thy Saints adore,
Ransom’d by thy timely aid,
Every Tongue confess thy Power, (Isa. 45:23, Rom. 14:11, Phil. 2:10-11)
And every Heart be glad. (Psalm 48:11)
Verse 8
Sons of GOD triumphant rise,
The City Walls surround; (Psalm 48:12)
Lo! her Bulwarks touch the Skies, (Psalm 48:13)
How high, yet how profound!
Note the Number of her Towers, (Psalm 48:12)
All her Palaces declare, (Psalm 48:13)
Guarded by Angelic Powers (Rev. 21:12, Heb. 12:22-23)
And GOD in Person there! (Psalm 48:14, Psalm 46:5)
Verse 9
See the Gospel-Church secure,
And founded on a Rock, (Matt. 16:18, Matt. 7:24-27)
All her Promises are Sure,
Her Bulwarks who can Shock?
Count her every pretious Shrine,
Tell to after-ages tell
Fortified by Power Divine
The Church can never fail. (Matt. 16:18)
Verse 10
Sion’s GOD is all our own (Psalm 48:14)
Who on his Love rely,
We his Pardning Love have known,
And live in Christ and die. (Psalm 48:14, Phil. 1:21)
To the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:2)
He our faithful guide shall be,
Him we claim, and rest in Him (Matt. 11:28, Heb. 4:1-10, Rev. 14:13)
Thro’ all Eternity.