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Psalms 48:13

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 48:14.

שִׁ֤יתוּshitvapplyשִׁיתverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “apply”, a commandH7896to place (in a very wide application)apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.לִבְּכֶ֨םlibkhemcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…לְֽחֵילָ֗הlecheylahto bulwarkחֵילָהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to bulwark”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2430an intrenchmentbulwark.פַּסְּג֥וּpasgvconsiderפָּסַגverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “consider”, a commandH6448to cut up, i.e. (figuratively) contemplateconsider.אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָarmenoteyhacastleאַרְמוֹןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “castle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH759a citadel (from its height)castle, palace. Compare H2038 (הַרְמוֹן).לְמַ֥עַןlemaanthatמַעַןpreposition — “that”H4616properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order thatbecause of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), [phrase] lest, that, to.תְּ֝סַפְּר֗וּtesaprvcommuneסָפַרverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “commune”, an unfinished actionH5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebratecommune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.לְד֣וֹרledorto ageדּוֹרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to age”, the ordinary formH1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwellingage, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.אַחֲרֽוֹןacharonlastאַחֲרוֹןadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “last”, the ordinary formH314hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) westernafter (-ward), to come, following, hind(-er, -ermost, -most), last, latter, rereward, ut(ter) most.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(48-14) Mark ye well her ramparts, traverse her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Mark ye well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces: That ye may tell it to the generation following.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.

Darby Translation

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces: that ye may tell it to the generation following.

Douay-Rheims

And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(48-14) Mark ye well her ramparts, traverse her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Mark ye well her strength, and observe her palaces; that ye may tell the next generation.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Θέσθε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν εἰς τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῆς, καὶ καταδιέλεσθε τὰς βάρεις αὐτῆς, ὅπως ἂν διηγήσησθε εἰς γενεὰν ἑτέραν.