God Provides for and Protects His People

46 For the music director. Of the sons of Korah.

According to Alamoth. A song.a

1 God is our refuge and strength,

a very sufficient help in troubles.

2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth change,

and though the mountains totter into the ⌊midst⌋b of the sea,

3 though its waters roar and foam,

though mountains shake with its surging water. Selah

4 There is a river whose streams gladden the city of God,

the holiest of the dwellings of the Most High.

5 God is in the midst of her;

she will not be made to totter.

God will help her ⌊at daybreak⌋.c

6 Nations roar, kingdoms shake;

he utters his voice, the earth melts.

7 Yahweh of hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our high stronghold. Selah

8 Come, see the works of Yahweh,

who has placed desolations on the earth.

9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;

he breaks the bow and cuts off the spear.

The wagons of war he burns with fire.

10 “Be still, and know that I am God.

I will be exalted among the nations;

I will be exalted in the earth.”

11 Yahweh of Hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our high stronghold. Selah

God Is King over All the Earth

47 For the music director. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm.a

1 All you peoples, clap your hands.b

Shout to God with a voice of rejoicing.

2 For Yahweh Most High is awesome,c

a great king over all the earth.

3 He subdues peoples under us

and nations under our feet.

4 He chooses for us our inheritance,

the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah

5 God has gone up with a shout,

Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises.

Sing praises to our king, sing praises.

7 For God is king of all the earth.

Sing praises with understanding.d

8 God reigns over nations;

God sits on his holy throne.

9 The princes of the peoples are gathered together

with the people of Abraham’s God.

For the shields of the earth belong to God.

He is very exalted.

The Greatness of God in Zion

48 A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.a

1 Yahweh is great and very worthy of praise

in the city of our God, in his ⌊holy mountain⌋.b

2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,

is ⌊Mount Zion⌋,c ⌊in the far north⌋,d

the city of the great king.

3 God is in her citadels;

he is known as a high stronghold.

4 For see, the kings assembled;e

they advanced together.

5 ⌊They themselves saw⌋f it, so they were astonished.

They were terrified; they ran off.

6 Trembling seized them there—

pain as of a woman in labor.

7 With an east wind

you shatterg the ships of Tarshish.h

8 As we have heard, so we have seen

in the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God.

God will establish her forever. Selah

9 We have pondered your loyal love, O God,

in the midst of your temple.

10 As is your name, O God, so is your praise

to the ends of the earth.

Your right hand is full of righteousness.

11 Let ⌊Mount Zion⌋i rejoice;

let the daughters of Judah rejoice

because of your judgments.

12 Walk about Zion and circle it;

count her towers.

13 ⌊Consider well⌋j her ramparts.

Go through her citadels

so that you can tell the next generation

14 that this is God, our God forever and ever.

⌊He himself⌋k will guide us until death.