⁴ For behold, ^(C)the kings assembled,
They passed by together.
⁵ They saw it, and so they marveled;
They were troubled, they hastened away.
⁶ Fear ^(D)took hold of them there,
And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,
⁷ As when You break the ^(E)ships of Tarshish
With an east wind.

⁸ As we have heard,
So we have seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts,
In the city of our God:
God will ^(F)establish it forever. Selah

⁹ We have thought, O God, on ^(G)Your lovingkindness,
In the midst of Your temple.
¹⁰ According to ^(H)Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
¹¹ Let Mount Zion rejoice,
Let the daughters of Judah be glad,
Because of Your judgments.

¹² Walk about Zion,
And go all around her.
Count her towers;
¹³ Mark well her bulwarks;
Consider her palaces;
That you may ^(I)tell it to the generation following.
¹⁴ For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
^(J)He will be our guide
^[b]Even to death.

⁵ Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
⁶ Those who ^(K)trust in their wealth
And boast in the multitude of their riches,
⁷ None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
Nor ^(L)give to God a ransom for him—
⁸ For ^(M)the redemption of their souls is costly,
And it shall cease forever—
⁹ That he should continue to live eternally,
And ^(N)not ^[d]see the Pit.

¹⁰ For he sees wise men die;
Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,
And leave their wealth to others.
^11 [e]Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,
Their dwelling places to all generations;
They ^(O)call their lands after their own names.
¹² Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not ^[f]remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.

¹³ This is the way of those who are ^(P)foolish,
And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah
¹⁴ Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
Death shall feed on them;
^(Q)The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
^(R)And their beauty shall be consumed in ^[g]the grave, far from their dwelling.
¹⁵ But God ^(S)will redeem my soul from the power of ^[h]the grave,
For He shall ^(T)receive 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 ^(U)he 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 ^(V)light.^[i]
20 A man who is in honor, yet does not understand,
^(W)Is like the beasts that perish.

³ Even the sparrow has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.
⁴ Blessed are those who dwell in Your ^(D)house;
They will still be praising You. Selah

⁵ Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
⁶ As they pass through the Valley ^(E)of ^[c]Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with ^[d]pools.
⁷ They go ^(F)from strength to strength;
^[e]Each one ^(G)appears before God in Zion.

⁸ O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
^9 (H)O God, behold our shield,
And look upon the face of Your ^[f]anointed.

¹⁰ For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather ^[g]be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹ For the Lord God is ^(I)a sun and ^(J)shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
^(K)No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.

¹² O Lord of hosts,
^(L)Blessed is the man who trusts in You!

^4 (O)Restore us, O God of our salvation,
And cause Your anger toward us to cease.
^5 (P)Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
⁶ Will You not ^(Q)revive us again,
That Your people may rejoice in You?
⁷ Show us Your mercy, Lord,
And grant us Your salvation.

⁸ I will hear what God the Lord will speak,
For He will speak peace
To His people and to His saints;
But let them not turn back to ^[h]folly.
⁹ Surely ^(R)His salvation is near to those who fear Him,
^(S)That glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰ Mercy and truth have met together;
^(T)Righteousness and peace have kissed.
¹¹ Truth shall spring out of the earth,
And righteousness shall look down from heaven.
^12 (U)Yes, the Lord will give what is good;
And our land will yield its increase.
¹³ Righteousness will go before Him,
And shall make His footsteps our pathway.

⁴ “I will make mention of ^[a]Rahab and Babylon to those who know Me;
Behold, O Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia:
‘This one was born there.’ ”

⁵ And of Zion it will be said,
“This one and that one were born in her;
And the Most High Himself shall establish her.”
⁶ The Lord will record,
When He ^(C)registers the peoples:
“This one was born there.” Selah

⁷ Both the singers and the players on instruments say,
“All my springs are in you.”