⁴ There is a ^(H)river whose streams make the ^(I)city of God happy,
The holy ^(J)dwelling places of the Most High.
⁵ God is ^(K)in the midst of her, she will not be moved;
God will ^(L)help her ^[e]when morning dawns.
⁶ The ^[f]nations ^(M)made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;
He ^[g](N)raised His voice, the earth ^(O)quaked.
⁷ The Lord of armies ^(P)is with us;
The God of Jacob is ^(Q)our stronghold. Selah

⁸ Come, ^(R)behold the works of the Lord,
^[h]Who has inflicted ^(S)horrific events on the earth.
⁹ He ^(T)makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He ^(U)breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He ^(V)burns the chariots with fire.
¹⁰ “^[i]Stop striving and ^(W)know that I am God;
I will be ^(X)exalted among the ^[j]nations, I will be exalted on the earth.”
¹¹ The Lord of armies is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah

⁵ God has ^(AF)ascended ^[k]with a shout,
The Lord, ^[l]with the ^(AG)sound of a trumpet.
^6 (AH)Sing praises to God, sing praises;
Sing praises to ^(AI)our King, sing praises.
⁷ For God is the ^(AJ)King of all the earth;
Sing praises ^(AK)with a psalm of wisdom.
⁸ God ^(AL)reigns over the nations,
God ^[m]sits on ^(AM)His holy throne.
⁹ The ^[n](AN)princes of the people have assembled as the ^(AO)people of the God of Abraham,
For the ^(AP)shields of the earth belong to God;
He is ^(AQ)highly exalted.

⁴ For, behold, the ^(AY)kings arrived,
They passed by together.
⁵ They saw it, then they were amazed;
They were ^(AZ)terrified, they fled in a hurry.
^6 [o]Panic seized them there,
Anguish, as that of ^(BA)a woman in childbirth.
⁷ With the ^(BB)east wind
You ^(BC)smash the ^(BD)ships of Tarshish.
⁸ Just as we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the Lord of armies, in the city of our God;
God will ^(BE)establish her forever. Selah

⁹ We have thought over ^(BF)Your goodness, God,
In the midst of Your temple.
¹⁰ As is Your ^(BG)name, God,
So is Your ^(BH)praise to the ends of the earth;
Your ^(BI)right hand is full of righteousness.
¹¹ Mount ^(BJ)Zion shall be glad,
The ^(BK)daughters of Judah shall rejoice
Because of Your judgments.
¹² Walk around Zion and encircle her;
Count her ^(BL)towers;
¹³ Consider her ^(BM)ramparts;
Go through her palaces,
So that you may ^(BN)tell of her to the next generation.
¹⁴ For ^[p]such is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will ^(BO)lead us ^[q]until death.

⁵ Why should I ^(BX)fear in days of adversity,
When the injustice of those who betray me surrounds me,
⁶ Those who ^(BY)trust in their wealth
And boast in the abundance of their riches?
⁷ No one can by any means ^(BZ)redeem another
Or give God a ^(CA)ransom for him—
⁸ For ^(CB)the redemption of ^[s]his soul is priceless,
And he should cease imagining forever—
⁹ That he might ^(CC)live on eternally,
That he might not ^[t](CD)undergo decay.

¹⁰ For he sees that even ^(CE)wise people die;
The ^(CF)foolish and the stupid alike perish
And ^(CG)leave their wealth to others.
¹¹ Their ^[u](CH)inner thought is that their houses ^(CI)are forever
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have ^(CJ)named their lands after their own names.
¹² But ^(CK)man in his splendor will not endure;
He is like the animals that ^[v]perish.

¹³ This is the ^(CL)way of those who are foolish,
And of those after them who ^(CM)approve their words. Selah
¹⁴ Like sheep they sink down ^(CN)to ^[w]Sheol;
Death will be their shepherd;
And the ^(CO)upright will rule over them in the morning,
And their form shall be for ^[x]Sheol ^(CP)to consume
^[y]So that they have no lofty home.
¹⁵ But God will ^(CQ)redeem my soul from the ^[z]power of ^[aa]Sheol,
For ^(CR)He will receive me. Selah

¹⁶ Do not be afraid ^(CS)when a person becomes rich,
When the splendor of his house is increased;
¹⁷ For when he dies, he will ^(CT)take nothing with him;
His ^[ab]wealth will not descend after him.
¹⁸ Though while he lives he ^(CU)congratulates ^[ac]himself—
And though people praise you when you do well for yourself—
^19 [ad]He will ^(CV)go to the generation of his fathers;
They will never see ^(CW)the light.
^20 (CX)Mankind in its splendor, yet without understanding,
Is ^(CY)like the animals that ^[ae]perish.

⁵ You ^(L)will not be afraid of the ^(M)terror by night,
Or of the ^(N)arrow that flies by day;
⁶ Of the ^(O)plague that ^[a]stalks in darkness,
Or of the ^(P)destruction that devastates at noon.
⁷ A thousand may fall at your side
And ten thousand at your right hand,
But ^(Q)it shall not approach you.
⁸ You will only look on with your eyes
And ^(R)see the retaliation against the wicked.
^9 [b]For you have made the Lord, ^(S)my refuge,
The Most High, ^(T)your dwelling place.
^10 (U)No evil will happen to you,
Nor will any plague come near your ^[c]tent.

¹¹ For He will give ^(V)His angels orders concerning you,
To protect you in all your ways.
¹² On their hands they will ^(W)lift you up,
So that you do not strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will ^(X)walk upon the lion and cobra,
You will trample the young lion and the ^[d]serpent.

¹⁴ “^(Y)Because he has loved Me, I will save him;
I will ^(Z)set him securely on high, because he has ^(AA)known My name.
¹⁵ He will ^(AB)call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in ^[e]trouble;
I will rescue him and ^(AC)honor him.
¹⁶ I will satisfy him with ^[f]a ^(AD)long life,
And ^[g](AE)show him My salvation.”