Psalm 47–50

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.

Psalm 49

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

^1aHear this, all ye people;

Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the ^aworld:

²Both ^blow and high,

Rich and poor, together.

³My mouth shall speak of ^bbwisdom;

And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

⁴I will incline mine ear to ^ca parable:

I will open ^dmy dark saying upon the harp.

⁵Wherefore should I fear in ^ddthe days of evil,

When ^ethe iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

⁶They that ^ftrust in their wealth,

And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

⁷None of them ^gcan by any means redeem his brother,

Nor ^hgive to God ⁱa ransom for him:

⁸(For ^kthe redemption of their soul is precious,

And it ceaseth for ever:)

⁹That he should still live for ever,

And ^lnot see corruption.

¹⁰For he seeth that ^mwise men die,

Likewise the ^mfool and the ⁿbrutish person perish,

And ^oleave their wealth to others.

^11pTheir inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever,

And their dwelling places ^†to all generations;

They ^qcall their lands after their own names.

¹²Nevertheless ^rman being in honour abideth not:

^sHe is like the beasts that perish.

¹³This their way is their ^ssfolly:

Yet their posterity ^†approve their sayings. Selah.

¹⁴Like sheep they are laid in the grave;

Death shall feed on them;

And the upright ^tshall have dominion over them in the morning;

And ^utheir ^||beauty shall consume ^||in the grave from their dwelling.

¹⁵But God ^wwill redeem my soul ^†from the power of ^||the grave:

For ^xhe shall receive me. Selah.

¹⁶Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,

When the glory of his house is increased;

^17yFor when he dieth he shall carry nothing away:

His glory shall not descend after him.

¹⁸Though ^†while he lived ^zhe blessed his soul:

And men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

^19†He shall ^ago to the generation of his fathers;

They shall never see ^blight.

^20cMan that is in honour, and understandeth not,

Is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 50

A Psalm ^||of Asaph.

¹The ^amighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth

^bFrom the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

²Out of Zion, ^cthe perfection of beauty,

^dGod hath shined.

³Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence:

^eA fire shall devour before him,

And it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

^4fHe shall call to the heavens from above,

And to the earth, that he may judge his people.

⁵Gather ^gmy saints together unto me;

^hThose that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

⁶And ⁱthe heavens shall declare his righteousness:

For ^jGod is judge himself. Selah.

^7kHear, O my people, and I will speak;

O Israel, and ^kI will testify against thee:

^lI am God, even thy God.

^8mI will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices

Or thy burnt offerings, to have been ^mmcontinually before me.

⁹ⁿI will take no bullock out of thy house,

Nor he goats out of thy ^ofolds.

¹⁰For every beast of the forest is mine,

And the cattle upon a thousand hills.

¹¹I know all the fowls of the mountains:

And ^pthe wild beasts of the field are ^†mine.

¹²If I were hungry, I would not tell thee:

^qFor the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

¹³Will I eat the flesh of ^rbulls,

Or drink the blood of goats?

^14sOffer unto God ^tthanksgiving;

And ^upay thy vows unto the most High:

¹⁵And ^vcall upon me in the day of trouble:

^wI will deliver thee, and thou shalt ^xglorify me.

¹⁶But unto the wicked God saith,

^yWhat hast thou to do to declare my statutes,

Or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

^17zSeeing thou hatest instruction,

And ^acastest my words behind thee.

¹⁸When thou sawest a thief, then thou ^bconsentedst with him,

And ^†hast been partaker with adulterers.

^19†Thou givest thy mouth to evil,

And ^cthy tongue frameth deceit.

²⁰Thou sittest and ^dspeakest against thy brother;

Thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

²¹These things hast thou done, and ^eI kept silence;

^fThou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself:

But I will ^greprove thee, and ^hset them in order before thine eyes.

²²Now consider this, ye that ⁱforget God,

Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be ^knone to deliver.

^23lWhoso offereth praise ^xglorifieth me:

And to him ^†that ordereth his conversation aright

Will I shew the salvation of God.