Psalm 48-50

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁴ Look! The kings assembled;
they advanced together.^(D)
5 They looked and froze with fear;
they fled in terror.^(E)
6 Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,^(F)
7 as You wrecked the ships of Tarshish
with the east wind.^(G)

⁸ Just as we heard, so we have seen
in the city of Yahweh of Hosts,
in the city of our God;
God will establish it forever.^(H)Selah

⁹ God, within Your temple,
we contemplate Your faithful love.^(I)
10 Your name, God, like Your praise,
reaches to the ends of the earth;^(J)
Your right hand is filled with justice.^(K)
11 Mount Zion is glad.
The towns^[a] of Judah rejoice
because of Your judgments.^(L)

¹² Go around Zion, encircle it;
count its towers,
¹³ note its ramparts; tour its citadels
so that you can tell a future generation:^(M)
14 “This God, our God forever and ever—
He will always lead us.”^[b](N)

⁵ Why should I fear in times of trouble?
The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.^(S)
6 They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.^(T)
7 Yet these cannot redeem a person^[d]
or pay his ransom to God^(U)—
⁸ since the price of redeeming him is too costly,
one should forever stop trying^[e](V)—
⁹ so that he may live forever
and not see the Pit.^(W)

¹⁰ For one can see that wise men die;
foolish and stupid men also pass away.^(X)
Then they leave their wealth to others.^(Y)
11 Their graves are their eternal homes,^[f]
their homes from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.^(Z)
12 But despite his assets,^[g] man will not last;
he is like the animals that perish.^(AA)

¹³ This is the way of those who are arrogant,
and of their followers,
who approve of their words.^[h](AB)Selah
¹⁴ Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,^(AC)
and their form will waste away in Sheol,^[i]
far from their lofty abode.^(AD)
15 But God will redeem my life
from the power of Sheol,
for He will take me.^(AE)Selah

¹⁶ Do not be afraid when a man gets rich,
when the wealth^[j] of his house increases.^(AF)
17 For when he dies, he will take nothing at all;
his wealth^[k] will not follow him down.^(AG)
18 Though he praises himself during his lifetime—
and people praise you when you do well for yourself^(AH)—
¹⁹ he will go to the generation of his fathers;
they will never see the light.^(AI)
20 A man with valuable possessions^[l]
but without understanding
is like the animals that perish.^(AJ)

⁷ “Listen, My people, and I will speak;
I will testify against you, Israel.
I am God, your God.^(AS)
8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.^(AT)
9 I will not accept a bull from your household
or male goats from your pens,^(AU)
10 for every animal of the forest is Mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
¹¹ I know every bird of the mountains,^[p]
and the creatures of the field are Mine.^(AV)
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and everything in it is Mine.^(AW)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?^(AX)
14 Sacrifice a thank offering to God,^(AY)
and pay your vows to the Most High.^(AZ)
15 Call on Me in a day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.”^(BA)

¹⁶ But God says to the wicked:
“What right do you have to recite My statutes
and to take My covenant on your lips?^(BB)
17 You hate instruction
and turn your back on My words.^[q](BC)
18 When you see a thief,
you make friends with him,
and you associate with adulterers.^(BD)
19 You unleash your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue for deceit.^(BE)
20 You sit, maligning your brother,
slandering your mother’s son.^(BF)
21 You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.^(BG)
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.^[r](BH)

²² “Understand this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you apart,
and there will be no one to rescue you.^(BI)
23 Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me,
and whoever orders his conduct,
I will show him the salvation of God.”^(BJ)