Psalm 46-50

English Standard Version

⁴ There is ^(I)a river whose streams make glad ^(J)the city of God,
    the holy ^(K)habitation of the Most High.
^5 (L)God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
    God will help her when morning dawns.
^6 (M)The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
    he ^(N)utters his voice, the earth ^(O)melts.
^7 (P)The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

^8 (Q)Come, behold the works of the Lord,
    how he has brought desolations on the earth.
^9 (R)He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
    he ^(S)breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    ^(T)he burns the chariots with fire.
^10 (U)“Be still, and know that I am God.
    ^(V)I will be exalted among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth!”
^11 (W)The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

⁵ God ^(AF)has gone up with a shout,
    the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
⁶ Sing praises to God, sing praises!
    Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
⁷ For God is ^(AG)the King of all the earth;
    sing praises ^(AH)with a psalm!^[c]

⁸ God ^(AI)reigns over the nations;
    God sits on his holy throne.
^9 (AJ)The princes of the peoples gather
    as the people of the God of Abraham.
For ^(AK)the shields of the earth belong to God;
    he is highly exalted!

⁴ For behold, ^(AS)the kings assembled;
    they came on together.
⁵ As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
    they were in panic; they took to flight.
^6 (AT)Trembling took hold of them there,
    anguish ^(AU)as of a woman in labor.
⁷ By ^(AV)the east wind you ^(AW)shattered
    the ships of ^(AX)Tarshish.
⁸ As we have heard, so have we seen
    in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in ^(AY)the city of our God,
    which God will ^(AZ)establish forever. Selah

⁹ We have thought on your ^(BA)steadfast love, O God,
    in the midst of your temple.
¹⁰ As your ^(BB)name, O God,
    so your praise reaches to ^(BC)the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
¹¹     Let Mount ^(BD)Zion be glad!
Let ^(BE)the daughters of Judah rejoice
    because of your judgments!

¹² Walk about Zion, go around her,
    number her towers,
¹³ consider well her ^(BF)ramparts,
    go through her citadels,
^(BG)that you may tell the next generation
¹⁴     that this is God,
our God forever and ever.
    He will ^(BH)guide us forever.^[d]

^5 (BO)Why should I fear in ^(BP)times of trouble,
    when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
⁶ those who ^(BQ)trust in their wealth
    and boast of the abundance of their riches?
⁷ Truly no man ^(BR)can ransom another,
    or ^(BS)give to God ^(BT)the price of his life,
⁸ for ^(BU)the ransom of their life is costly
    and can never suffice,
⁹ that he should live on forever
    and ^(BV)never see the pit.

¹⁰ For he sees ^(BW)that even the wise die;
    ^(BX)the fool and the stupid alike must perish
    and ^(BY)leave their wealth to others.
¹¹ Their ^(BZ)graves are their homes forever,^[e]
    their dwelling places ^(CA)to all generations,
    though they ^(CB)called lands by their own names.
¹² Man in his pomp ^(CC)will not remain;
    ^(CD)he is like the beasts that perish.

¹³ This is the path of those who have ^(CE)foolish confidence;
    yet after them people approve of their boasts.^[f] Selah
¹⁴ Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
    death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright ^(CF)shall rule over them in the morning.
    ^(CG)Their form shall be consumed ^(CH)in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
¹⁵ But God will ^(CI)ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
    for he will ^(CJ)receive me. Selah

¹⁶ Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
    when the glory of his house increases.
^17 (CK)For when he dies he will ^(CL)carry nothing away;
    his glory will not go down after him.
¹⁸ For though, while he lives, he counts himself ^(CM)blessed
    —and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
¹⁹ his soul will ^(CN)go to the generation of his fathers,
    who will never again ^(CO)see light.
^20 (CP)Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

³ Our God comes; he ^(CV)does not keep silence;^[g]
    before him is a devouring ^(CW)fire,
    around him a mighty tempest.
^4 (CX)He calls to the heavens above
    and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
⁵ “Gather to me my faithful ones,
    who made ^(CY)a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
^6 (CZ)The heavens declare his righteousness,
    for ^(DA)God himself is judge! Selah

^7 (DB)“Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
    O Israel, I will testify against you.
    ^(DC)I am God, your God.
⁸ Not for your sacrifices ^(DD)do I rebuke you;
    your burnt offerings are continually before me.
⁹ I will not accept a bull from your house
    or goats from your folds.
¹⁰ For every beast of the forest is mine,
    the cattle on a thousand hills.
^11 (DE)I know all the birds of the hills,
    and all that moves in the field is mine.

¹² “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
    ^(DF)for the world and its fullness are mine.
¹³ Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?
^14 (DG)Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,^[h]
    and ^(DH)perform your vows to the Most High,
¹⁵ and ^(DI)call upon me in the day of trouble;
    I will ^(DJ)deliver you, and you shall ^(DK)glorify me.”

¹⁶ But to the wicked God says:
    “What right have you to recite my statutes
    or take my covenant on your lips?
^17 (DL)For you hate discipline,
    ^(DM)and you cast my words behind you.
¹⁸ If you see a thief, ^(DN)you are pleased with him,
    ^(DO)and you keep company with adulterers.

¹⁹ “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
    ^(DP)and your tongue frames deceit.
²⁰ You sit and speak against your brother;
    you slander your own mother's son.
²¹ These things you have done, and I ^(DQ)have been silent;
    you thought that I^[i] was one like yourself.
But now I ^(DR)rebuke you and ^(DS)lay the charge before you.

²² “Mark this, then, you who ^(DT)forget God,
    lest I tear you apart, and there be ^(DU)none to deliver!
²³ The one who ^(DV)offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
    to one who ^(DW)orders his way rightly
    I will show the ^(DX)salvation of God!”