⁵ God 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 the king of all the earth;
    sing praises with a psalm.^[a]

⁸ God is king over the nations;
    God sits on his holy throne.
⁹ The princes of the peoples gather
    as the people of the God of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
    he is highly exalted.

⁴ Then 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 trembling took hold of them there,
    pains as of a woman in labour,
⁷ as when an east wind shatters
    the ships of Tarshish.
⁸ As we have heard, so have we seen
    in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in the city of our God,
    which God establishes for ever.Selah

⁹ We ponder your steadfast love, O God,
    in the midst of your temple.
¹⁰ Your name, O God, like your praise,
    reaches to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with victory.
¹¹     Let Mount Zion be glad,
let the towns^[a] of Judah rejoice
    because of your judgements.

¹² Walk about Zion, go all around it,
    count its towers,
¹³ consider well its ramparts;
    go through its citadels,
that you may tell the next generation
¹⁴     that this is God,
our God for ever and ever.
    He will be our guide for ever.

⁵ Why should I fear in times of trouble,
    when the iniquity of my persecutors surrounds me,
⁶ those who trust in their wealth
    and boast of the abundance of their riches?
⁷ Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life,^[a]
    there is no price one can give to God for it.
⁸ For the ransom of life is costly,
    and can never suffice,
⁹ that one should live on for ever
    and never see the grave.^[b]

¹⁰ When we look at the wise, they die;
    fool and dolt perish together
    and leave their wealth to others.
¹¹ Their graves^[c] are their homes for ever,
    their dwelling-places to all generations,
    though they named lands their own.
¹² Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;
    they are like the animals that perish.

¹³ Such is the fate of the foolhardy,
    the end of those^[d] who are pleased with their lot.Selah
¹⁴ Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
    Death shall be their shepherd;
straight to the grave they descend,^[e]
    and their form shall waste away;
    Sheol shall be their home.^[f]
15 But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
    for he will receive me.Selah

¹⁶ Do not be afraid when some become rich,
    when the wealth of their houses increases.
¹⁷ For when they die they will carry nothing away;
    their wealth will not go down after them.
¹⁸ Though in their lifetime they count themselves happy
    —for you are praised when you do well for yourself—
¹⁹ they^[g] will go to the company of their ancestors,
    who will never again see the light.
²⁰ Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;
    they are like the animals that perish.

³ Even the sparrow finds a home,
    and the swallow a nest for herself,
    where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
    my King and my God.
⁴ Happy are those who live in your house,
    ever singing your praise.Selah

⁵ Happy are those whose strength is in you,
    in whose heart are the highways to Zion.^[a]
6 As they go through the valley of Baca
    they make it a place of springs;
    the early rain also covers it with pools.
⁷ They go from strength to strength;
    the God of gods will be seen in Zion.

⁸ O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
    give ear, O God of Jacob!Selah
⁹ Behold our shield, O God;
    look on the face of your anointed.

¹⁰ For a day in your courts is better
    than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than live in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹ For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
    he bestows favour and honour.
No good thing does the Lord withhold
    from those who walk uprightly.
¹² O Lord of hosts,
    happy is everyone who trusts in you.

⁴ Restore us again, O God of our salvation,
    and put away your indignation towards us.
⁵ Will you be angry with us for ever?
    Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
⁶ Will you not revive us again,
    so that your people may rejoice in you?
⁷ Show us your steadfast love, O Lord,
    and grant us your salvation.

⁸ Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
    for he will speak peace to his people,
    to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.^[a]
9 Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him,
    that his glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰ Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet;
    righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
¹¹ Faithfulness will spring up from the ground,
    and righteousness will look down from the sky.
¹² The Lord will give what is good,
    and our land will yield its increase.
¹³ Righteousness will go before him,
    and will make a path for his steps.

⁴ Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
    Philistia too, and Tyre, with Ethiopia^[a]—
    ‘This one was born there,’ they say.

⁵ And of Zion it shall be said,
    ‘This one and that one were born in it’;
    for the Most High himself will establish it.
⁶ The Lord records, as he registers the peoples,
    ‘This one was born there.’Selah

⁷ Singers and dancers alike say,
    ‘All my springs are in you.’