Psalm 46–48

Psalm 46

To the chief Musician ^||for the sons of Korah, ^*A Song upon ^†Alamoth.

¹God is our ^arefuge and strength,

^bA very present help ^cin trouble.

²Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed,

And though the mountains be carried into ^†the midst of the sea;

^3dThough the waters thereof roar and be troubled,

Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

⁴There is ^ea river, the streams whereof shall make glad ^fthe city of God,

The holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

⁵God is ^gin the midst of her; ^hshe shall not be moved:

God shall help her, ^†and that right early.

⁶ⁱThe heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved:

He ^kuttered his voice, the earth ^lmelted.

^7mThe Lord of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is ^†our refuge. Selah.

⁸ⁿCome, behold the works of the Lord,

What desolations he hath made in the earth.

^9oHe maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;

^pHe breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder;

^qHe burneth the chariot in the fire.

^10rBe still, and know that I am God:

^sI will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

^11mThe Lord of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 47

To the chief Musician, A Psalm ^||for the sons of Korah.

¹O ^aclap your hands, all ye people;

^aaShout unto God with the voice of triumph.

²For the Lord most high is ^bterrible;

He is a great King over all the earth.

³He shall ^csubdue the people under us,

And the nations under our feet.

⁴He shall choose our ^dinheritance for us,

The ^eexcellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

^5fGod is gone up with a shout,

The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

⁶Sing praises to God, sing praises:

Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

⁷For God is ^gthe King of all the earth:

^hSing ye praises ^||with understanding.

⁸ⁱGod reigneth over the heathen:

God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

^9||The ^jprinces of the people are gathered together,

Even the people of the God of Abraham:

For ^kthe shields of the earth belong unto God:

He is greatly exalted.

Psalm 48

^*A Song and Psalm ^||for the sons of Korah.

^1aGreat is the Lord, and greatly to be praised

In ^bthe city of our God, in ^cthe mountain of his holiness.

^2dBeautiful for situation, ^ethe joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion,

^fOn the sides of the north, ^gthe city of the great King.

³God is known in her palaces for a ^hrefuge.

⁴For, lo, ⁱthe kings were assembled, they passed by together.

⁵They saw it, and so they ^kmarvelled;

They were troubled, and ^lhasted away.

^6mFear took hold upon them there,

And ⁿpain, ^oas of a woman in travail.

⁷Thou ^pbreakest the ships of ^qTarshish ^rwith an east wind.

⁸As we have heard, so have we seen

In ^sthe city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God:

God will ^testablish it for ever. Selah.

⁹We have thought of ^uthy lovingkindness, O God,

In the midst of thy temple.

¹⁰According to ^vthy name, O God, so is thy praise unto ^wthe ends of the earth:

Thy right hand is full of righteousness.

¹¹Let mount Zion ^xrejoice,

Let ^xthe daughters of Judah be glad,

Because of thy judgments.

¹²Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

^13†Mark ye well her ^ybulwarks, ^||consider her ^ypalaces;

That ye may tell it ^zto the generation following.

¹⁴For this God is our God for ever and ever:

He will be our guide even ^aunto death.