See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]
This psalm is a song about Jerusalem being God's dwelling place.

## a psalm of the sons of Korah ##

“this is a psalm that the sons of Korah wrote.”

## in the city of our God ##

AT: "in Jerusalem where the people worship God"

## Beautiful in elevation, the joy ... is Mount Zion ... on the sides ... of the great King. ##

AT: "Mount Zion looks so beautiful in elevation when she is looked at from her north side. The city of the great King is the joy of the whole earth."

## Beautiful in elevation ##

The word "elevation" refers to how high something is. AT: "beautiful and tall"

## joy of the whole earth ##

AT: "it is loved by all the people of the earth"

## God has made himself known in her palaces as a refuge ##

AT: "The people of Jerusalem's palaces know that God protects them"