Tehillim 46-50

Orthodox Jewish Bible

46 (For the one directing. Of the Bnei Korach. Al- alamot [after the manner of virgins, i.e., in the treble]. Shir.) Elohim is our refuge and strength, a very present help in tzoros.

²⁽³⁾Therefore we will not fear, though eretz be shaken, and though the harim (mountains) fall into the lev yamim (heart of the seas);

³⁽⁴⁾Though the mayim thereof roar and be troubled, though the harim shake with the surging thereof. Selah.

⁴⁽⁵⁾There is a nahar (river), the streams whereof shall make glad the Ir Elohim, the Kedosh Mishkenei Elyon (the holy dwelling of the Most High).

⁵⁽⁶⁾Elohim is in the midst of it [i.e., the Ir Elohim}; it shall not be moved; Elohim shall help it at early boker.

⁶⁽⁷⁾The Goyim raged, the kingdoms totter; He uttered His voice, eretz melted.

⁷⁽⁸⁾Hashem Tzva’os is with us; Elohei Ya’akov is our stronghold. Selah.

⁸⁽⁹⁾Come, behold the works of Hashem, what desolations He hath made in ha’aretz.

⁹⁽¹⁰⁾He maketh milchamot to cease unto the end of ha’aretz; He breaketh the keshet (bow), and cutteth the khanit (spear); He burneth the chariots in the eish.

¹⁰⁽¹¹⁾Be still, and know that I am Elohim: I will be exalted among the Goyim, I will be exalted in ha’aretz.

¹¹⁽¹²⁾Hashem Tzva’os is with us; Elohei Ya’akov is our stronghold. Selah.

47 (For the one directing. Of the Bnei Korach. A Mizmor.) O clap your hands, all ye nations; shout unto Elohim with the voice of joy.

²⁽³⁾For Hashem Elyon is awesome; He is Melech Gadol over kol ha’aretz.

³⁽⁴⁾He shall subdue the peoples under us, and the nations under our raglayim.

⁴⁽⁵⁾He shall choose nachalateinu for us, the ga’on Ya’akov (pride, glory of Jacob) whom He loves. Selah.

⁵⁽⁶⁾Elohim is ascended with a shout of joy, Hashem with the sound of a shofar.

⁶⁽⁷⁾Sing praises to Elohim, sing praises; sing praises unto Malkeinu, sing praises.

⁷⁽⁸⁾For Melech kol ha’aretz is He; sing ye praises with understanding.

⁸⁽⁹⁾Elohim reigneth over the Goyim; Elohim sitteth upon the Kisse Kadsho.

⁹⁽¹⁰⁾The princes of the nations are gathered together, even the Am Elohei Avraham; for the moginei Eretz (shields of the Earth) belong unto Elohim; He is greatly exalted.

48 (Shir. Mizmor. Of the Bnei Korach.) Gadol is Hashem, and greatly to be praised in the Ir Eloheinu, in His Har Kodesh.

²⁽³⁾Yafeh in its loftiness, the joy of kol ha’aretz, is Mt Tziyon, on the sides of the north, the City of Melech Rav.

³⁽⁴⁾Elohim is in her citadels, known as her fortress.

⁴⁽⁵⁾For, hinei, the melachim were assembled, they advanced together.

⁵⁽⁶⁾They saw, and ken (thus) they marvelled; they were troubled, and fled.

⁶⁽⁷⁾Trembling took hold upon them sham (there), and pain, as of a woman in labor.

⁷⁽⁸⁾Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

⁸⁽⁹⁾As we have heard, so have we seen in the Ir Hashem Tzvaos, in the Ir Eloheinu; Elohim will establish it ad olam. Selah.

⁹⁽¹⁰⁾We meditate on Thy chesed, O Elohim, in the midst of Thy Heikhal.

¹⁰⁽¹¹⁾According to Thy Shem, O Elohim, so is Thy tehillah unto the ends of ha’aretz; Thy right hand is full of tzedek.

¹¹⁽¹²⁾Let Mt Tziyon rejoice, let the Banot Yehudah (Daughters of Judah) be glad, because of Thy mishpatim.

¹²⁽¹³⁾Walk about Tziyon, and go around her; count the towers thereof.

¹³⁽¹⁴⁾Mark ye well her ramparts, consider her citadels; that ye may tell it to the dor acharon.

¹⁴⁽¹⁵⁾For this Elohim is Eloheinu olam vaed; He will be our guide even unto death. [T.N. Notice v.8(9)-9(10) in Psa 49, which tells why Moshiach can not be a mere man, in which case he could not redeem another, or be Hashem’s Isa 53 redemption lamb or the Isa 53 sa’ir l’azazel kapporah.]

49 (For the one directing. A Mizmor for the Bnei Korach). Hear this, kol HaAmim; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the cheled (world, duration):

²⁽³⁾Bnei Adam and bnei ish, ashir (rich) and evyon (poor) alike,

³⁽⁴⁾My mouth shall speak chochmot; and the meditation of my lev tevunot (understanding).

⁴⁽⁵⁾I will incline mine ear to a mashal; I will disclose my dark saying upon the kinnor (harp).

⁵⁽⁶⁾Why should I fear in the days of rah, when the avon (iniquity) of my akev (supplanters, deceivers) surrounds me?

⁶⁽⁷⁾They that trust in their chayil (wealth), and boast themselves in the rov of their oshir (riches);

⁷⁽⁸⁾A brother cannot by any means redeem ish (man), nor give to Elohim a kofer (ransom) for him—

⁸⁽⁹⁾For the pidyon [ransom] of their nefesh is costly, and is forever beyond their power to pay—

⁹⁽¹⁰⁾That he should live on lanetzach, and not see shachat (corruption, decay, the pit [cf Psa16:10]).

¹⁰⁽¹¹⁾For he seeth that chachamim die, likewise the kesil (foolish) and the ba’ar (brutish, senseless person, dolt) perish, and leave their chayil (wealth) to others.

¹¹⁽¹²⁾Their inward thought is, that their batim (houses) shall continue l’olam and their mishkenot (dwelling places) l’odor vador; though they call their lands by their shmot (names).

¹²⁽¹³⁾Nevertheless adam in his pomp endureth not; he is like the behemot (beasts) that perish.

¹³⁽¹⁴⁾This is their derech, kesel (folly, imprudent confidence) is theirs; and the fate after them of those who approve their words.

¹⁴⁽¹⁵⁾Like tzon they are destined for She’ol; mavet shall pasture them; and the yesharim (upright ones) shall have dominion over them in the boker; and their tzir (form) shall waste away to Sheol, so there is no dwelling place for it.

¹⁵⁽¹⁶⁾But Elohim will redeem my nefesh from the yad (hand, power) of Sheol; for He shall receive me. Selah.

¹⁶⁽¹⁷⁾Be not thou afraid when one is made an ish oishir, when the kavod of his bais is increased;

¹⁷⁽¹⁸⁾For in his mot (death), he shall carry nothing away; his kavod (glory, wealth) shall not descend after him.

¹⁸⁽¹⁹⁾Though his nefesh during his life yevarech (he blessed)—for they praise thee when thou doest well for thyself—

¹⁹⁽²⁰⁾He shall go to the dor (generation) of his avot; they shall never see ohr (light).

²⁰⁽²¹⁾Adam that is in his pomp, and understandeth not, is like the behemot (beasts) that perish.

50 (Mizmor of Asaph) El Elohim, even Hashem, hath spoken, and called Eretz from the mizrach shemesh (rising of sun) unto the going down thereof.

²Out of Tziyon, the perfection of yofi, Elohim shineth forth.

³Eloheinu shall come, and shall not keep silent; an eish shall devour before Him, and it shall be tempestuous me’od round about Him.

⁴He shall summon Shomayim from above, and ha’aretz, that He may judge His people.

⁵Gather My chasidim together unto Me; those that have cut a Brit (covenant) with Me by zevach (blood sacrifice, T.N. cf Gn 4:5 on the true Jewish religion).

⁶And Shomayim shall declare His tzedek; for Elohim Shofet hu. Selah.

⁷Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Yisroel, and I will testify against thee; I am Elohim, even Eloheicha.

⁸I will not reprove thee for thy zevakhim. And thy olot are before Me tamid.

⁹I will accept no par (bull) from thy bais, nor he-goats out of thy folds.

¹⁰For every beast of the ya’ar (forest) is Mine, and the behemot upon a thousand hills.

¹¹I know kol oph (every bird) of the harim; and the animals of the wild are Mine.

¹²If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the tevel is Mine, and the fulness thereof.

¹³Will I eat the basar of bulls, or drink the dahm of goats?

¹⁴Sacrifice unto Elohim todah; and pay thy nedarim (vows, pledges) unto Elyon;

¹⁵And call upon Me in the Yom Tzarah; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me.

¹⁶But unto the rasha, Elohim saith, What right hast thou to declare My chukkot, or that thou shouldest take My Brit in thy mouth?

¹⁷Seeing thou hatest musar (correction), and casteth My devarim behind thee.

¹⁸When thou sawest a ganav (thief), then thou consentedst with him, and hast taken thy chelek (lot) with mena’afim (adulterers).

¹⁹Thou lettest loose thy mouth to ra’ah, and thy leshon frameth mirmah (deceit).

²⁰Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own ben immecha.

²¹These things hast thou done, and I kept silent; thou thoughtest that I was altogether like thee; but I will reprove thee, and set the charge before thine eyes.

²²Now consider this, ye that forget Elo’ah (G-d), lest I tear you to pieces, and there be none to rescue.

²³Whoso offereth todah glorifieth Me; and to him that ordereth his derech aright will I show the Salvation of Elohim.