Psalm 47-49

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁵ God ascends among shouts of joy,
the Lord, among the sound of trumpets.^(F)
6 Sing praise to God, sing praise;
sing praise to our King, sing praise!^(G)
7 Sing a song of wisdom,^[a]
for God is King of all the earth.^(H)

⁸ God reigns over the nations;
God is seated on His holy throne.^(I)
9 The nobles of the peoples have assembled
with the people of the God of Abraham.^(J)
For the leaders^[b] of the earth belong to God;
He is greatly exalted.^(K)

⁴ Look! The kings assembled;
they advanced together.^(O)
5 They looked and froze with fear;
they fled in terror.^(P)
6 Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,^(Q)
7 as You wrecked the ships of Tarshish
with the east wind.^(R)

⁸ Just as we heard, so we have seen
in the city of Yahweh of Hosts,
in the city of our God;
God will establish it forever.^(S)Selah

⁹ God, within Your temple,
we contemplate Your faithful love.^(T)
10 Your name, God, like Your praise,
reaches to the ends of the earth;^(U)
Your right hand is filled with justice.^(V)
11 Mount Zion is glad.
The towns^[c] of Judah rejoice
because of Your judgments.^(W)

¹² Go around Zion, encircle it;
count its towers,
¹³ note its ramparts; tour its citadels
so that you can tell a future generation:^(X)
14 “This God, our God forever and ever—
He will always lead us.”^[d](Y)

⁵ Why should I fear in times of trouble?
The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.^(AD)
6 They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.^(AE)
7 Yet these cannot redeem a person^[f]
or pay his ransom to God^(AF)—
⁸ since the price of redeeming him is too costly,
one should forever stop trying^[g](AG)—
⁹ so that he may live forever
and not see the Pit.^(AH)

¹⁰ For one can see that wise men die;
foolish and stupid men also pass away.^(AI)
Then they leave their wealth to others.^(AJ)
11 Their graves are their eternal homes,^[h]
their homes from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.^(AK)
12 But despite his assets,^[i] man will not last;
he is like the animals that perish.^(AL)

¹³ This is the way of those who are arrogant,
and of their followers,
who approve of their words.^[j](AM)Selah
¹⁴ Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,^(AN)
and their form will waste away in Sheol,^[k]
far from their lofty abode.^(AO)
15 But God will redeem my life
from the power of Sheol,
for He will take me.^(AP)Selah

¹⁶ Do not be afraid when a man gets rich,
when the wealth^[l] of his house increases.^(AQ)
17 For when he dies, he will take nothing at all;
his wealth^[m] will not follow him down.^(AR)
18 Though he praises himself during his lifetime—
and people praise you when you do well for yourself^(AS)—
¹⁹ he will go to the generation of his fathers;
they will never see the light.^(AT)
20 A man with valuable possessions^[n]
but without understanding
is like the animals that perish.^(AU)