Psalm 46:title–49:title

To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song.

God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found. Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas; Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. There is a river the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the sanctuary of the habitations of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her at the dawn of the morning.

⁶The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted. ⁷Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah. ⁸Come, behold the works of Jehovah, what desolations he hath made in the earth: ⁹He hath made wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariots in the fire. ¹⁰Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. ¹¹Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.

Psalm 47

To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.

All ye peoples, clap your hands; shout unto God with the voice of triumph! For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth. He subdueth the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. He hath chosen our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

⁵God is gone up amid shouting, Jehovah amid the sound of the trumpet. ⁶Sing psalms of God, sing psalms; sing psalms unto our King, sing psalms! ⁷For God is the King of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding. ⁸God reigneth over the nations; God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. ⁹The willing-hearted of the peoples have gathered together, with the people of the God of Abraham. For unto God belong the shields of the earth: he is greatly exalted.

Psalm 48

A Song; a Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.

Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness. Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces as a high fortress. For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together; They saw, —so they marvelled; they were troubled, they fled in consternation: Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail. With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.

⁸As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God doth establish it for ever. Selah. ⁹We have thought, O God, of thy loving-kindness, in the midst of thy temple. ¹⁰According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. ¹¹Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. ¹²Walk about Zion, and go round about her: count the towers thereof; ¹³Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces: that ye may tell it to the generation following. ¹⁴For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide until death.

Psalm 49

To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.