Psalm 45

To the chief Musician *upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, ||Maschil, A Song of †loves.

1  My heart †is inditing a good matter:

I speak of the things which I have made touching the king:

My tongue is the apen of ba ready writer.

2  Thou art fairer than the children of men:

cGrace is poured into thy lips:

Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

3  dGird thy sword eupon thy thigh, fO most mighty,

With thy gglory and thy majesty.

4  And in thy majesty †hride prosperously

Because of truth and meekness and righteousness;

And thy right hand shall teach thee iterrible things.

5  Thine jarrows are sharp

In the heart of the king’s enemies;

Whereby the people fall under thee.

6  kThy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:

The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

7  lThou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:

Therefore ||mGod, thy God, hath nanointed thee

With the oil of ogladness above thy fellows.

8  All thy garments smell of pmyrrh, and paloes, and cassia,

Out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

9  Kings’ daughters were among qthy honourable women:

rUpon thy right hand did stand the squeen in tgold of uOphir.

10  Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;

wForget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

11  So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty:

For he is xthy Lord; and yworship thou him.

12  And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with za gift;

Even athe rich among the people shall intreat †thy favour.

13  The king’s daughter is ball glorious cwithin:

Her clothing is of wrought gold.

14  dShe shall be brought unto the king ein raiment of needlework:

The virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

15  With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought:

They shall enter into the king’s palace.

16  Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children,

fWhom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

17  I will make thy name to be remembered in gall generations:

Therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

Psalm 46

To the chief Musician ||for the sons of Korah, *A Song upon †Alamoth.

1  God is our arefuge and strength,

bA very present help cin trouble.

2  Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed,

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

3  dThough the waters thereof roar and be troubled,

Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

4  There is ea river, the streams whereof shall make glad fthe city of God,

The holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

5  God is gin the midst of her; hshe shall not be moved:

God shall help her, †and that right early.

6  iThe heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved:

He kuttered his voice, the earth lmelted.

7  mThe Lord of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is †our refuge. Selah.

8  nCome, behold the works of the Lord,

What desolations he hath made in the earth.

9  oHe maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;

pHe breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder;

qHe burneth the chariot in the fire.

10  rBe still, and know that I am God:

sI will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

11  mThe Lord of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 47

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

1  O aclap your hands, all ye people;

aaShout unto God with the voice of triumph.

2  For the Lord most high is bterrible;

He is a great King over all the earth.

3  He shall csubdue the people under us,

And the nations under our feet.

4  He shall choose our dinheritance for us,

The eexcellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

5  fGod is gone up with a shout,

The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

6  Sing praises to God, sing praises:

Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

7  For God is gthe King of all the earth:

hSing ye praises ||with understanding.

8  iGod 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.

1  aGreat is the Lord, and greatly to be praised

In bthe city of our God, in cthe mountain of his holiness.

2  dBeautiful for situation, ethe joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion,

fOn the sides of the north, gthe city of the great King.

3  God is known in her palaces for a hrefuge.

4  For, lo, ithe kings were assembled, they passed by together.

5  They saw it, and so they kmarvelled;

They were troubled, and lhasted away.

6  mFear took hold upon them there,

And npain, oas of a woman in travail.

7  Thou pbreakest the ships of qTarshish rwith an east wind.

8  As 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.

9  We have thought of uthy lovingkindness, O God,

In the midst of thy temple.

10  According to vthy name, O God, so is thy praise unto wthe ends of the earth:

Thy right hand is full of righteousness.

11  Let mount Zion xrejoice,

Let xthe daughters of Judah be glad,

Because of thy judgments.

12  Walk 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.

14  For 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.

1  aHear this, all ye people;

Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the aworld:

2  Both blow and high,

Rich and poor, together.

3  My mouth shall speak of bbwisdom;

And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

4  I will incline mine ear to ca parable:

I will open dmy dark saying upon the harp.

5  Wherefore should I fear in ddthe days of evil,

When ethe iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

6  They that ftrust in their wealth,

And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

7  None 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:)

9  That he should still live for ever,

And lnot see corruption.

10  For he seeth that mwise men die,

Likewise the mfool and the nbrutish person perish,

And oleave their wealth to others.

11  pTheir 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.

12  Nevertheless rman being in honour abideth not:

sHe is like the beasts that perish.

13  This their way is their ssfolly:

Yet their posterity †approve their sayings. Selah.

14  Like 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.

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

For xhe shall receive me. Selah.

16  Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,

When the glory of his house is increased;

17  yFor when he dieth he shall carry nothing away:

His glory shall not descend after him.

18  Though †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.

20  cMan that is in honour, and understandeth not,

Is like the beasts that perish.