Psalm 45–48

Psalm 45

¹Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden.

²Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.

³Therefore we will not fear, when the earth shall be troubled; and the mountains shall be removed into the heart of the sea.

⁴Their waters roared and were troubled: the mountains were troubled with his strength.

⁵The stream of the river maketh the city of God joyful: the most High hath sanctified his own tabernacle.

⁶God is in the midst thereof, it shall not be moved: God will help it in the morning early.

⁷Nations were troubled, and kingdoms were bowed down: he uttered his voice, the earth trembled.

⁸The Lord of armies is with us: the God of Jacob is our protector.

⁹Come and behold ye the works of the Lord: what wonders he hath done upon earth,

¹⁰Making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: and the shield he shall burn in the fire.

¹¹Be still and see that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.

¹²The Lord of armies is with us: the God of Jacob is our protector.

Psalm 46

¹Unto the end, for the sons of Core.

²O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the voice of joy,

³For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.

⁴He hath subdued the people under us; and the nations under our feet.

⁵He hath chosen for us his inheritance, the beauty of Jacob which he hath loved.

⁶God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.

⁷Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our king, sing ye.

⁸For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely.

⁹God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy throne.

¹⁰The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of Abraham: for the strong gods of the earth are exceedingly exalted.

Psalm 47

¹A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core, on the second day of the week.

²Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

³With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king.

⁴In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.

⁵For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: they gathered together.

⁶So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved:

⁷Trembling took hold of them. There were pains as of a woman in labour.

⁸With a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis.

⁹As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God hath founded it for ever.

¹⁰We have received thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

¹¹According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of justice.

¹²Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad; because of thy judgments, O Lord.

¹³Surround Sion, and encompass her: tell ye in her towers.

¹⁴Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, that ye may relate it in another generation.

¹⁵For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and ever: he shall rule us for evermore.

Psalm 48

¹Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core.

²Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

³All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and poor together.

⁴My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.

⁵I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.

⁶Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.

⁷They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,

⁸No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom,

⁹Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever,

¹⁰And shall still live unto the end.

¹¹He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers:

¹²And their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names.

¹³And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.

¹⁴This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.

¹⁵They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.

¹⁶But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, when he shall receive me.

¹⁷Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased.

¹⁸For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.

¹⁹For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.

²⁰He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light.

²¹Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.