Psalm 8a

For the director of music. According to gittith.b A psalm of David.

1 Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your namem in all the earth!

You have set your gloryn

in the heavens.o

2 Through the praise of children and infants

you have established a strongholdp against your enemies,

to silence the foeq and the avenger.

3 When I consider your heavens,r

the work of your fingers,s

the moon and the stars,t

which you have set in place,

4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

human beings that you care for them?c u

5 You have made themd a little lower than the angelse v

and crowned themf with glory and honor.w

6 You made them rulersx over the works of your hands;y

you put everything under theirg feet:z

7 all flocks and herds,a

and the animals of the wild,b

8 the birds in the sky,

and the fish in the sea,c

all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!d

Psalm 46a

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.b A song.

1 God is our refugem and strength,n

an ever-presento helpp in trouble.q

2 Therefore we will not fear,r though the earth give ways

and the mountains fallt into the heart of the sea,u

3 though its waters roarv and foamw

and the mountains quakex with their surging.c

4 There is a rivery whose streamsz make glad the city of God,a

the holy place where the Most Highb dwells.c

5 God is within her,d she will not fall;e

God will helpf her at break of day.

6 Nationsg are in uproar,h kingdomsi fall;

he lifts his voice,j the earth melts.k

7 The Lord Almightyl is with us;m

the God of Jacobn is our fortress.o

8 Come and see what the Lord has done,p

the desolationsq he has brought on the earth.

9 He makes warsr cease

to the ends of the earth.

He breaks the bows and shatters the spear;

he burns the shieldsd with fire.t

10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;u

I will be exaltedv among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth.”

11 The Lord Almighty is with us;

the God of Jacobw is our fortress.x

Psalm 47a

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

1 Clap your hands,y all you nations;

shout to God with cries of joy.z

2 For the Lord Most Higha is awesome,b

the great Kingc over all the earth.

3 He subduedd nations under us,

peoples under our feet.

4 He chose our inheritancee for us,

the pride of Jacob,f whom he loved.b

5 God has ascendedg amid shouts of joy,h

the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.i

6 Sing praisesj to God, sing praises;

sing praises to our King, sing praises.

7 For God is the King of all the earth;k

sing to him a psalml of praise.

8 God reignsm over the nations;

God is seated on his holy throne.n

9 The nobles of the nations assemble

as the people of the God of Abraham,

for the kingsc of the earth belong to God;o

he is greatly exalted.p