Psalm 46–49

¹To the Overseer.—By sons of Korah. ‘For the Virgins.’—A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

²Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.

³Roar—troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah.

⁴A river—its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

⁵God is in her midst—she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!

⁶Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.

⁷Jehovah of Hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.

⁸Come ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth,

⁹Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.

¹⁰Desist, and know that I am God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

¹¹Jehovah of hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob! Selah.

Psalm 47

¹To the Overseer.—By sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap the hand, Shout to God with a voice of singing,

²For Jehovah Most High is fearful, A great king over all the earth.

³He leadeth peoples under us, and nations under our feet.

⁴He doth choose for us our inheritance, The excellency of Jacob that He loves. Selah.

⁵God hath gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

⁶Praise God—praise—give praise to our king, praise.

⁷For king of all the earth is God, Give praise, O understanding one.

⁸God hath reigned over nations, God hath sat on His holy throne,

⁹Nobles of peoples have been gathered, With the people of the God of Abraham, For to God are the shields of earth, Greatly hath He been exalted!

Psalm 48

¹A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God—His holy hill.

²Beautiful for elevation, A joy of all the land, is Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.

³God in her high places is known for a tower.

⁴For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,

⁵They have seen—so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.

⁶Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.

⁷By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.

⁸As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her—to the age. Selah.

⁹We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple,

¹⁰As is Thy name, O God, so is Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.

¹¹Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

¹²Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,

¹³Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,

¹⁴That this God is our God—To the age and for ever, He—he doth lead us over death!

Psalm 49

¹To the Overseer.—By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

²Both low and high, together rich and needy.

³My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart are things of understanding.

⁴I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

⁵Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

⁶Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

⁷A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

⁸And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased—to the age.

⁹And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

¹⁰For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

¹¹Their heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

¹²And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

¹³This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

¹⁴As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.

¹⁵Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.

¹⁶Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

¹⁷For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

¹⁸For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

¹⁹It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

²⁰Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

Psalm 50