[13] All her glory is that of the daughter of the king of Esebon, robed as she is in golden fringed garments, [14] in embroidered clothing: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to thee. [15] They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king’s temple. [16] Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth. [17] They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee for ever, even for ever and ever.
Psalm 46
For the end, for the sons of Core; a Psalm concerning secret things.
[1] God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us. [2] Therefore will we not fear when the earth is troubled, and the mountains are removed into the depths of the seas. [3] Their waters have roared and been troubled, the mountains have been troubled by his might. Pause. [4] The flowings of the river gladden the city of God: the Most High has sanctified his tabernacle. [5] God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her with his countenance. [6] The nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, the earth shook. [7] The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our helper. Pause.
[8] Come, and behold the works of the Lord, what wonders he has achieved on the earth. [9] Putting an end to wars as for the ends of the earth; he will crush the bow, and break in pieces the weapon, and burn the bucklers with fire. [10] Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. [11] The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our helper.
Psalm 47
For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core.
[1] Clap your hands, all ye nations; shout to God with a voice of exultation. [2] For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great king over all the earth. [3] He has subdued the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. [4] He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he loved. Pause.
[5] God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with a sound of a trumpet. [6] Sing praises to our God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises. [7] For God is king of all the earth: sing praises with understanding. [8] God reigns over the nations: God sits upon the throne of his holiness. [9] The rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraam: for God’s mighty ones of the earth have been greatly exalted.
Psalm 48
A Psalm of praise for the sons of Core on the second day of the week.
[1] Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain. [2] The city of the great King is well planted on the mountains of Sion, with the joy of the whole earth, on the sides of the north. [3] God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to help her.
[4] For, behold the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together. [5] They saw, and so they wondered: they were troubled, they were moved. [6] Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in travail. [7] Thou wilt break the ships of Tharsis with a vehement wind. [8] As we have heard, so have we also seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God has founded it for ever. Pause.
[9] We have thought of thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy people. [10] According to thy name, O God, so is also thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. [11] Let mount Sion rejoice, let the daughters of Judaea exult, because of thy judgments, O Lord.
[12] Go round about Sion, and encompass her: tell ye her towers. [13] Mark ye well her strength, and observe her palaces; that ye may tell the next generation. [14] For this is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide for evermore.
Psalm 49
For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core.
[1] Hear these words, all ye nations, hearken, all ye that dwell upon the earth: [2] both the sons of mean men, and sons of great men; the rich and poor man together. [3] My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall bring forth understanding. [4] I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my riddle on the harp.
[5] Wherefore should I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall compass me. [6] They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth — [7] A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself, [8] or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labour for ever, [9] and live to the end, so that he should not see corruption.
[10] When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers. [11] And their sepulchres are their houses for ever, even their tabernacles to all generations: they have called their lands after their own names. [12] And man being in honour, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them. [13] This their way is an offence to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. Pause. [14] They have laid them as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their help shall fail in Hades from their glory. [15] But God shall deliver my soul from the power of Hades, when he shall receive me. Pause.
[16] Fear not when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased. [17] For he shall take nothing when he dies; neither shall his glory descend with him. [18] For his soul shall be blessed in his life: he shall give thanks to thee when thou dost well to him. [19] Yet he shall go in to the generation of his fathers; he shall never see light. [20] Man that is in honour, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them.
Psalm 50
A Psalm for Asaph.
[1] The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof. [2] Out of Sion comes the excellence of his beauty. [3] God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest. [4] He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people. [5] Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices. [6] And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. Pause.
[7] Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel: and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God. [8] I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices; for thy whole-burnt-offerings are before me continually. [9] I will take no bullocks out of thine house, nor he-goats out of thy flocks. [10] For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen. [11] I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine. [12] If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness of it. [13] Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? [14] Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay thy vows to the Most High. [15] And call upon me in the day of affliction; and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Pause.
[16] But to the sinner God has said, Why dost thou declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in thy mouth? [17] Whereas thou hast hated instruction, and hast cast my words behind thee. [18] If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him, and hast cast in thy lot with adulterers. [19] Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, and thy tongue has framed deceit. [20] Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalize thy mother’s son.
[21] These things thou didst, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest wickedly that I should be like thee, but I will reprove thee, and set thine offences before thee. [22] Now consider these things, ye that forget God, lest he rend you, and there is no deliverer.
[23] The sacrifice of praise will glorify me: and that is the way wherein I will shew to him the salvation of God.
Psalm 51
For the end, a Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he had gone to Bersabee.
[1] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of thy compass
ions blot out my transgression. [2] Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
[3] For I am conscious of mine iniquity; and my sin is continually before me. [4] Against thee only have I sinned, and done evil before thee: that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. [5] For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.
[6] For, behold, thou lovest truth: thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom. [7] Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. [8] Thou shalt cause me to hear gladness and joy: the afflicted bones shall rejoice. [9] Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. [10] Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit in my inward parts. [11] Cast me not away from thy presence; and remove not thy holy Spirit from me. [12] Restore to me the joy of thy salvation: establish me with thy directing Spirit.
[13] Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and ungodly men shall turn to thee. [14] Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness. [15] O Lord, thou shalt open my lips; and my mouth shall declare thy praise. [16] For if thou desiredst sacrifice, I would have given it: thou wilt not take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings. [17] Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.
[18] Do good, O Lord, to Sion in thy good pleasure; and let the walls of Jerusalem be built. [19] Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, offering, and whole-burnt-sacrifices: then shall they offer calves upon thine altar.
Psalm 52
For the end, a Psalm of instruction by David, when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech.
[1] Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief? All the day [2] thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit. [3] Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause. [4] Thou has loved all words of destruction, and a deceitful tongue.
[5] Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from thy dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. Pause. [6] And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say, [7] Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.
[8] But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore. [9] I will give thanks to thee for ever, for thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before the saints.
Psalm 53
For the end, a Psalm of David upon Maeleth, of instruction.
[1] The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that does good. [2] God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after God. [3] They have all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does good, there is not even one.
[4] Will none of the workers of iniquity know, who devour my people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon God. There were they greatly afraid, where there was no fear: [5] or God has scattered the bones of the men-pleasers; they were ashamed, for God despised them. [6] Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Sion? When the Lord turns the captivity of his people, Jacob shall exult, and Israel shall be glad.
Psalm 54
For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Lo, is not David hid with us?
[1] Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy might. [2] O God, hear my prayer; hearken to the words of my mouth. [3] For strangers have risen up against me, and mighty men have sought my life: they have not set God before them. Pause.
[4] For lo! God assists me; and the Lord is the helper of my soul. [5] He shall return evil to mine enemies; utterly destroy them in thy truth. [6] I will willingly sacrifice to thee: I will give thanks to thy name, O Lord; for it is good. [7] For thou hast delivered me out of all affliction, and mine eye has seen my desire upon mine enemies.
Psalm 55
For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David.
[1] Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication. [2] Attend to me, and hearken to me: I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled; [3] because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me.
[4] My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me. [5] Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me. [6] And I said, O that I had wings as those of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest. [7] Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. Pause. [8] I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and tempest.
[9] Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gain saying in the city. [10] Day and night he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness are in the midst of it; [11] and usury and craft have not failed from its streets.
[12] For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated me had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him. [13] But thou, O man like minded, my guide, and my acquaintance, [14] who in companionship with me sweetened our food: we walked in the house of God in concord. [15] Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into Hades, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them.
[16] I cried to God, and the Lord hearkened to me. [17] Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known my wants: and he shall hear my voice. [18] He shall deliver my soul in peace from them that draw nigh to me: for they were with me in many cases. [19] God shall hear, and bring them low, even he that has existed from eternity. Pause.
For they suffer no reverse, and therefore they have not feared God. [20] He has reached forth his hand for retribution; they have profaned his covenant. [21] They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew nigh them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts.
[22] Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. [23] But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in thee, O Lord.
Psalm 56
For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Geth.
[1] Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me. [2] Mine enemies have trodden me down all the day from the dawning of the day; for there are many warring against me.
[3] They shall be afraid, but I will trust in thee. [4] In God I will praise my words; all the day have I hoped in God; I will not fear what flesh shall do to me.
[5] All the day long they have abominated my words; all their devices are against me for evil. [6] They will dwell near and hide themselves; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul. [7] Thou wilt on no account save them; thou wilt bring down the people in wrath. [8] O God, I have declared my life to thee; thou has set my tears before thee, even according to thy promise.
[9] Mine enemies shall be turned back, in the day wherein I shall call upon thee; behold, I know that thou art my God. [10] In God, will I praise his word; in the Lord will I praise his saying. [11] I have hoped in God; I will not be afraid of what man shall do to me. [12] The vows of thy praise, O God, which I will pay, are upon me. [13] For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from sliding, that I should be well-pleasing before God in the land of the living.
Psalm 57
> For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave.
[1] Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my soul has trusted in thee: and in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until the iniquity have passed away. [2] I will cry to God most high; the God who has benefited me. Pause. [3] He sent from heaven and saved me; he gave to reproach them that trampled on me: God has sent forth his mercy and his truth; [4] and he has delivered my soul from the midst of lions’whelps: I lay down to sleep, though troubled. As for the sons of men, their teeth are arms and missile weapons, and their tongue a sharp sword.
[5] Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth. [6] They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul: they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it themselves. Pause. [7] My heart, O God, is ready, my heart is ready: I will sing, yea will sing psalms. [8] Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I will awake early. [9] O Lord, I will give thanks to thee among the nations: I will sing to thee among the Gentiles. [10] For thy mercy has been magnified even to the heavens, and thy truth to the clouds. [11] Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth.
Psalm 58
For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial.
[1] If ye do indeed speak righteousness, then do ye judge rightly, ye sons of men. [2] For ye work iniquities in your hearts in the earth: your hands plot unrighteousness. [3] Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies. [4] Their venom is like that of a serpent; as that of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears; [5] which will not hear the voice of charmers, nor heed the charm prepared skillfully by the wise.
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