Psalm 46–48

PSALM 46

God Is Our Refuge and Strength

For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. ^†According to Alamoth. A Song.

¹God is our ^arefuge and strength,

¹A very ^bpresent help ^cin ²trouble.

²Therefore we will ^anot fear, though ^bthe earth should change

And though ^cthe mountains shake into the heart of the ¹sea;

³Though its ^awaters roar and foam,

Though the mountains quake at its lofty pride. ¹Selah.

⁴There is a ^ariver whose streams make glad the ^bcity of God,

The holy ^cdwelling places of the Most High.

⁵God is ^ain the midst of her, she will not be shaken;

God will ^bhelp her ¹when morning dawns.

⁶The ¹nations ^aroar, the kingdoms shake;

He ^bgives His voice, the earth ^cmelts.

⁷Yahweh of hosts ^ais with us;

The God of Jacob is ^bour stronghold. Selah.

⁸Come, ^abehold the works of Yahweh,

¹Who has appointed ^bdesolations in the earth.

⁹He ^amakes wars to cease to the end of the earth;

He ^bbreaks the bow and cuts up the spear;

He ^cburns the chariots with fire.

¹⁰“¹Cease striving and ^aknow that I am God;

I will be ^bexalted among the ²nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

¹¹Yahweh of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.

PSALM 47

God Is King of All the Earth

For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.

¹O ^aclap your hands, all peoples;

^bMake a loud shout to God with the sound of a shout of ¹joy.

²For Yahweh Most High is ^1afearsome,

A ^bgreat King over all the earth.

³He ^asubdues peoples under us

And nations under our feet.

⁴He chooses our ^ainheritance for us,

The ^bpride of Jacob whom He loves. ¹Selah.

⁵God has ^aascended ¹with a loud shout,

Yahweh, ²with the ^bsound of a trumpet.

^6aSing praises to God, sing praises;

Sing praises to ^bour King, sing praises.

⁷For God is the ^aKing of all the earth;

Sing praises ^bwith a ¹skillful psalm.

⁸God ^areigns over the nations,

God ¹sits on ^bHis holy throne.

⁹The ^anobles of the peoples have assembled themselves with the ^bpeople of the God of Abraham,

For the ^cshields of the earth belong to God;

He ¹is ^dhighly exalted.

PSALM 48

The City of Our God

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

^1aGreat is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised,

In the ^bcity of our God, His ^choly mountain.

^2aBeautiful in elevation, ^bthe joy of the whole earth,

Is Mount Zion in the far north,

The ^ccity of the great King.

³God, in her palaces,

Has made Himself known as a ^astronghold.

⁴For, behold, the ^akings assembled themselves,

They passed by together.

⁵They saw it, then they were astonished;

They were ^adismayed, they ¹fled in alarm.

⁶¹Panic seized them there,

Anguish, as of ^aa woman in childbirth.

⁷With the ^aeast wind

You ^bbreak the ^cships of Tarshish.

⁸As we have heard, so have we seen

In the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God;

God will ^aestablish her forever. ¹Selah.

⁹We have thought on ^aYour lovingkindness, O God,

In the midst of Your temple.

¹⁰As is Your ^aname, O God,

So is Your ^bpraise to the ends of the earth;

Your ^cright hand is full of righteousness.

¹¹Let Mount ^aZion be glad,

Let the ^bdaughters of Judah rejoice

Because of Your judgments.

¹²Walk about Zion and go around her;

Count her ^atowers;

¹³Consider her ^aramparts;

Go through her palaces,

That you may ^brecount it to the next generation.

¹⁴For this is God,

Our God forever and ever;

He will ^aguide us ¹over death.