[47:1] Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph! [47:2] For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth. [47:3] He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet. [47:4] He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. [47:5] God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet. [47:6] Sing praise to God, sing praises. Sing praises to our King, sing praises. [47:7] For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding. [47:8] God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne. [47:9] The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted!
Psalm 48
A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
[48:1] Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain. [48:2] Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King. [48:3] God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge. [48:4] For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together. [48:5] They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away. [48:6] Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail. [48:7] With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish. [48:8] As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah. [48:9] We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the midst of your temple. [48:10] As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness. [48:11] Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of your judgments. [48:12] Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers. [48:13] Mark well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation. [48:14] For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.
Psalm 49
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
[49:1] Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world, [49:2] both low and high, rich and poor together. [49:3] My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding. [49:4] I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp. [49:5] Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me? [49:6] Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches-- [49:7] none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him. [49:8] For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough, [49:9] That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption. [49:10] For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others. [49:11] Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves. [49:12] But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish. [49:13] This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah. [49:14] They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion. [49:15] But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah. [49:16] Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased. [49:17] For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him. [49:18] Though while he lived he blessed his soul-- and men praise you when you do well for yourself-- [49:19] he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light. [49:20] A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
Psalm 50
A Psalm by Asaph.
[50:1] The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset. [50:2] Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. [50:3] Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him. [50:4] He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people: [50:5] "Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice." [50:6] The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah. [50:7] "Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God. [50:8] I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me. [50:9] I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens. [50:10] For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills. [50:11] I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine. [50:12] If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. [50:13] Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? [50:14] Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High. [50:15] Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me." [50:16] But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips, [50:17] seeing you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you? [50:18] When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers. [50:19] "You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit. [50:20] You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son. [50:21] You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that the I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes. [50:22] "Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver. [50:23] Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."