Psalm 46–49

Psalm 46

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song For Alamoth.

¹God is our ^brefuge and strength, ^cA ¹very present help in trouble.

²Therefore we will not fear,

Even though the earth be removed,

And though the mountains be carried into the ²midst of the sea;

^3dThough its waters roar and be troubled,

Though the mountains shake with its swelling.

Selah

⁴There is a ^eriver whose streams shall make glad the ^fcity of God,

The holy place of the ³tabernacle of the Most High.

⁵God is ^gin the midst of her, she shall not be ⁴moved;

God shall help her, just ⁵at the break of dawn.

^6hThe nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;

He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

⁷The ⁱLord of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is our refuge.

Selah

⁸Come, behold the works of the Lord,

Who has made desolations in the earth.

^9jHe 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.

¹⁰Be still, and know that I am God;

^mI will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth!

¹¹The Lord of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is our refuge.

Selah

Psalm 47

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

¹Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples!

Shout to God with the voice of triumph!

²For the Lord Most High is awesome;

He is a great ^aKing over all the earth.

^3bHe will subdue the peoples under us,

And the nations under our feet.

⁴He will choose our ^cinheritance for us,

The excellence of Jacob whom He loves.

Selah

^5dGod has gone up with a shout,

The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

⁶Sing praises to God, sing praises!

Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

^7eFor God is the King of all the earth;

^fSing praises with understanding.

^8gGod reigns over the nations;

God ^hsits on His ⁱholy throne.

⁹The 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.

Psalm 48

A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

¹Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised

In the ^acity of our God,

In His holy mountain.

^2bBeautiful in ¹elevation,

The joy of the whole earth,

Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,

The city of the great King.

³God is in her palaces;

He is known as her refuge.

⁴For behold, ^cthe kings assembled,

They passed by together.

⁵They saw it, and so they marveled;

They were troubled, they hastened away.

⁶Fear ^dtook hold of them there,

And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,

⁷As when You break the ^eships of Tarshish

With an east wind.

⁸As we have heard,

So we have seen

In the city of the Lord of hosts,

In the city of our God:

God will ^festablish it forever.

Selah

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

In the midst of Your temple.

¹⁰According to ^hYour name, O God,

So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;

Your right hand is full of righteousness.

¹¹Let Mount Zion rejoice,

Let the daughters of Judah be glad,

Because of Your judgments.

¹²Walk about Zion,

And go all around her.

Count her towers;

¹³Mark well her bulwarks;

Consider her palaces;

That you may ⁱtell it to the generation following.

¹⁴For this is God,

Our God forever and ever;

^jHe will be our guide

²Even to death.

Psalm 49

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

¹Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

²Both low and high,

Rich and poor together.

³My mouth shall speak wisdom,

And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.

⁴I will incline my ear to a proverb;

I will disclose my ¹dark saying on the harp.

⁵Why should I fear in the days of evil,

When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

⁶Those who ^atrust in their wealth

And boast in the multitude of their riches,

⁷None of them can by any means redeem his brother,

Nor ^bgive to God a ransom for him—

⁸For ^cthe redemption of their souls is costly,

And it shall cease forever—

⁹That he should continue to live eternally,

And ^dnot ²see the Pit.

¹⁰For he sees wise men die;

Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,

And leave their wealth to others.

¹¹³Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,

Their dwelling places to all generations;

They ^ecall their lands after their own names.

¹²Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not ⁴remain;

He is like the beasts that perish.

¹³This is the way of those who are ^ffoolish,

And of their posterity who approve their sayings.

Selah

¹⁴Like 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.

¹⁵But God ⁱwill redeem my soul from the power of ⁶the grave,

For He shall ^jreceive me.

Selah

¹⁶Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,

When the glory of his house is increased;

¹⁷For when he dies he shall carry nothing away;

His glory shall not descend after him.

¹⁸Though while he lives ^khe blesses himself

(For men will praise you when you do well for yourself),

¹⁹He shall go to the generation of his fathers;

They shall never see ^llight. ⁷

²⁰A man who is in honor, yet does not understand,

^mIs like the beasts that perish.