Psalms 48 - 50 — Legacy Standard Bible

The City of Our God

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

^aGreat is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised,In the ^bcity of our God, His ^choly mountain.²^aBeautiful 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 windYou ^bbreak the ^cships of Tarshish.⁸As we have heard, so have we seenIn the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God;God will ^aestablish her forever. ¹ Selah.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 rejoiceBecause 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.

Why Should I Fear in Days of Evil?

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

^aHear this, all peoples;Give ear, all ^binhabitants of the world,²Both ¹^,^alow and ²high,Rich and poor together.³My mouth will ^aspeak wisdom,And the meditation of my heart will be ^bdiscernment.⁴I will incline my ear to ^aa proverb;^bI will ¹express my ^criddle on the harp.⁵Why should I ^afear in days of evil,When the iniquity of my ¹supplanters surrounds me,⁶Even those who ^atrust in their wealthAnd boast in the abundance of their riches?⁷Truly, no man can ^aredeem his brother;He cannot give to God a ^bransom for him—⁸For ^athe redemption price for their soul is costly,And it ceases forever—⁹That he should ^alive on eternally,That he should not ^bsee ¹corruption.¹⁰For he sees that even ^awise men die;The ¹^,^bfool and the senseless alike perishAnd ^cleave their wealth to others.¹¹Their ¹^,^ainner thought is that their houses ^bare foreverAnd their dwelling places ²from generation to generation;They have ^ccalled their lands after their own names.¹²But ^aman in his honor will not endure;He is like the animals that ¹perish.¹³This is the ^away of those who are foolish,And of those after them who ^bare pleased ¹with their words. ² Selah.¹⁴As sheep they are appointed ^afor Sheol;Death will shepherd them;And the ^bupright shall have dominion over them in the morning,And their form shall be for Sheol ^cto consume,Far away from his habitation.¹⁵But God will ^aredeem my soul from the ¹power of Sheol,For ^bHe will receive me. Selah.¹⁶Do not be afraid ^awhen a man becomes rich,When the ¹glory of his house increases;¹⁷For when he dies he will not ^atake any of it;His ¹glory will not descend after him.¹⁸For while he lives he ^ablesses his soul—And men will praise you when you do well for yourself—¹⁹But his soul shall ^ago to the generation of his fathers;They will eternally not see ^blight.²⁰^aMan in his honor, but who does not understand,Is ^blike the animals that ¹perish.

God Himself Is Judge

A Psalm of ¹Asaph.

^aThe Mighty One, God, Yahweh, has spoken,And called the earth ^bfrom the rising of the sun to its setting.²Out of Zion, ^athe perfection of beauty,God ^bhas shone forth.³May our God ^acome and not be silent;^bFire devours before Him,And ^ca storm whirls around Him.⁴He ^acalls the heavens above,And the earth, to render justice to His people:⁵“Gather My ^aholy ones to Me,Those who have cut a ^bcovenant with Me by ^csacrifice.”⁶And the ^aheavens declare His righteousness,For ^bGod Himself is judge. ¹ Selah.⁷“^aHear, O My people, and I will speak;O Israel, I will testify ¹against you;I am God, ^byour God.⁸“I do ^anot reprove you for your sacrifices,And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.⁹“I shall take no ^ayoung bull out of your houseNor male goats out of your folds.¹⁰“For ^aevery beast of the forest is Mine,The cattle on a thousand hills.¹¹“I know every ^abird of the mountains,And everything that moves in the field is ¹Mine.¹²“If I were hungry I would not tell you,For the ^aworld is Mine, as well as its fullness.¹³“Shall I eat the flesh of ¹^,^abullsOr drink the blood of male goats?¹⁴“Offer to God ^aa sacrifice of thanksgivingAnd ^bpay your vows to the Most High;¹⁵^aCall upon Me in the day of distress;I shall ^brescue you, and you will ^cglorify Me.”¹⁶But to the wicked God says,“What right have you to recount My statutesAnd to take ^aMy covenant in your mouth?¹⁷“For you ^ahate discipline,And you ^bcast My words behind you.¹⁸“When you see a thief, you ¹^,^aare pleased with him,And ²you ^bassociate with adulterers.¹⁹“You ¹^,^alet your mouth loose in evilAnd you harness your ^btongue for deceit.²⁰“You sit and ^aspeak against your brother;You slander your own mother’s son.²¹“These things you have done and ^aI kept silent;You thought that I was just like you;I will ^breprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.²²“Now consider this, you who ^aforget God,Lest I ^btear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.²³“He who ^aoffers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies Me;And he who ¹^,^borders his way,I shall ^cshow the salvation of God.”