Psalm 46:1–50:23
1 God is our brefuge and strength, cA 1very present help in trouble.
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the 2midst of the sea;
3 dThough its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling.
Selah
4 There is a eriver whose streams shall make glad the fcity of God,
The holy place of the 3tabernacle of the Most High.
5 God is gin the midst of her, she shall not be 4moved;
God shall help her, just 5at the break of dawn.
6 hThe nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
7 The iLord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord,
Who has made desolations in the earth.
9 jHe makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
kHe breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
lHe burns the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God;
mI will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah
Praise to God, the Ruler of the Earth
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
1 Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples!
Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
2 For the Lord Most High is awesome;
He is a great aKing over all the earth.
3 bHe will subdue the peoples under us,
And the nations under our feet.
4 He will choose our cinheritance for us,
The excellence of Jacob whom He loves.
Selah
5 dGod has gone up with a shout,
The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
7 eFor God is the King of all the earth;
fSing praises with understanding.
8 gGod reigns over the nations;
God hsits on His iholy throne.
9 The princes of the people have gathered together,
jThe people of the God of Abraham.
kFor the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is greatly exalted.
A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
In the acity of our God,
In His holy mountain.
The joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,
The city of the great King.
He is known as her refuge.
4 For behold, cthe kings assembled,
They passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marveled;
They were troubled, they hastened away.
6 Fear dtook hold of them there,
And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,
7 As when You break the eships of Tarshish
With an east wind.
So we have seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts,
In the city of our God:
God will festablish it forever.
Selah
9 We have thought, O God, on gYour lovingkindness,
In the midst of Your temple.
10 According to hYour name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
Let the daughters of Judah be glad,
Because of Your judgments.
And go all around her.
Count her towers;
Consider her palaces;
That you may itell it to the generation following.
Our God forever and ever;
jHe will be our guide
2Even to death.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
1 Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
Rich and poor together.
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom,
And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.
4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will disclose my 1dark saying on the harp.
5 Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
6 Those who atrust in their wealth
And boast in the multitude of their riches,
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
Nor bgive to God a ransom for him—
8 For cthe redemption of their souls is costly,
And it shall cease forever—
9 That he should continue to live eternally,
Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,
And leave their wealth to others.
11 3Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,
Their dwelling places to all generations;
They ecall their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not 4remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.
13 This is the way of those who are ffoolish,
And of their posterity who approve their sayings.
Selah
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
Death shall feed on them;
gThe upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
hAnd their beauty shall be consumed in 5the grave, far from their dwelling.
15 But God iwill redeem my soul from the power of 6the grave,
For He shall jreceive me.
Selah
16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
When the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away;
His glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though while he lives khe blesses himself
(For men will praise you when you do well for yourself),
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never see llight. 7
20 A man who is in honor, yet does not understand,
mIs like the beasts that perish.
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 The aMighty One, God the Lord,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
bGod will shine forth.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;
cA fire shall devour before Him,
And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.
4 dHe shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 “Gather eMy saints together to Me,
fThose who have 1made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 Let the gheavens declare His righteousness,
For hGod Himself is Judge.
Selah
7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak,
O Israel, and I will testify against you;
iI am God, your God!
8 jI will not 2rebuke you kfor your sacrifices
Or your burnt offerings,
Which are continually before Me.
9 lI will not take a bull from your house,
Nor goats out of your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
mFor the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
13 nWill I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?
14 oOffer to God thanksgiving,
And ppay your vows to the Most High.
15 qCall upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
17 rSeeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
18 When you saw a thief, you sconsented 3with him,
And have been a tpartaker with adulterers.
19 You give your mouth to evil,
And uyour tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
21 These things you have done, and I kept silent;
vYou thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And wset them in order before your eyes.
22 “Now consider this, you who xforget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver:
23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And yto him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.”