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Psalm 47 ()

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

[1] Oh clap your hands, all you nations.
Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
[2] For Yahweh Most High is awesome.
He is a great King over all the earth.
[3] He subdues nations under us,
and peoples under our feet.
[4] He chooses our inheritance for us,
the glory of Jacob whom he loved.
Selah.

[5] God has gone up with a shout,
Yahweh 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 understanding.
[8] God reigns over the nations.
God sits on his holy throne.
[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.

[1] Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised,
in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
[2] Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,
is Mount Zion, on the north sides,
the city of the great King.
[3] God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
[4] For, behold, the kings assembled themselves,
they passed by together.
[5] They saw it, then they were amazed.
They were dismayed.
They hurried away.
[6] Trembling took hold of them there,
pain, as of a woman in travail.
[7] With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.
[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.

[9] We have thought about your loving kindness, God,
in the middle of your temple.
[10] As is your name, God,
so is your praise to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
[11] Let Mount Zion be glad!
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.
[12] Walk about Zion, and go around her.
Number its towers.
[13] Notice her bulwarks.
Consider her palaces,
that you may tell it to the next generation.
[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.

[1] Hear this, all you peoples.
Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
[2] both low and high,
rich and poor together.
[3] My mouth will speak words of wisdom.
My heart will utter understanding.
[4] I will incline my ear to a proverb.
I will solve my riddle on the harp.
[5] Why should I fear in the days of evil,
when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
[6] Those who trust in their wealth,
and boast in the multitude of their riches—
[7] none of them can by any means redeem his brother,
nor give God a ransom for him.
[8] For the redemption of their life is costly,
no payment is ever enough,
[9] that he should live on forever,
that he should not see corruption.
[10] For he sees that wise men die;
likewise the fool and the senseless perish,
and leave their wealth to others.
[11] Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever,
and their dwelling places to all generations.
They name their lands after themselves.
[12] But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure.
He is like the animals that perish.

[13] This is the destiny of those who are foolish,
and of those who approve their sayings.
Selah.

[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.
[15] But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol,
for he will receive me.
Selah.

[16] Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich,
when the glory of his house is increased;
[17] for when he dies he will carry nothing away.
His glory won’t descend after him.
[18] Though while he lived he blessed his soul—
and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
[19] he shall go to the generation of his fathers.
They shall never see the light.
[20] A man who has riches without understanding,
is like the animals that perish.

Psalm 49:14a Sheol is the place of the dead.
Psalm 49:14b Sheol is the place of the dead.
Psalm 49:15 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Psalm 50 ()

A Psalm by Asaph.

[1] The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks,
and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
[2] Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines out.
[3] Our God comes, and does not keep silent.
A fire devours before him.
It is very stormy around him.
[4] He calls to the heavens above,
to the earth, that he may judge his people:
[5] “Gather my saints together to me,
those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
[6] The heavens shall declare his righteousness,
for God himself is judge.
Selah.

[7] “Hear, my people, and I will speak.
Israel, I will testify against you.
I am God, your God.
[8] I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices.
Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
[9] I have no need for a bull from your stall,
nor male goats from your pens.
[10] For every animal of the forest is mine,
and the livestock on a thousand hills.
[11] I know all the birds of the mountains.
The wild animals of the field are mine.
[12] If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
[13] Will I eat the meat of bulls,
or drink the blood of goats?
[14] Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving.
Pay your vows to the Most High.
[15] Call on me in the day of trouble.
I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

[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,
[17] since you hate instruction,
and throw my words behind you?
[18] When you saw a thief, you consented with him,
and have participated with adulterers.

[19] “You give your mouth to evil.
Your tongue frames deceit.
[20] You sit and speak against your brother.
You slander your own mother’s son.
[21] You have done these things, and I kept silent.
You thought that I was just like you.
I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

[22] “Now consider this, you who forget God,
lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
[23] Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me,
and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”

Psalm 51 ()

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

[1] Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
[2] Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
[3] For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
[4] Against you, and you only, I have sinned,
and done that which is evil in your sight,
so you may be proved right when you speak,
and justified when you judge.
[5] Behold, I was born in iniquity.
My mother conceived me in sin.
[6] Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts.
You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
[7] Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean.
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
[8] Let me hear joy and gladness,
that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
[9] Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all of my iniquities.
[10] Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
[11] Don’t throw me from your presence,
and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.
[12] Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
[13] Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners will be converted to you.
[14] Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.
My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
[15] Lord, open my lips.
My mouth will declare your praise.
[16] For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it.
You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
[17] The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.
O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.

[18] Do well in your good pleasure to Zion.
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
[19] Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,
in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings.
Then they will offer bulls on your altar.

Proverbs 10 ()

[1] The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father;
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
[2] Treasures of wickedness profit nothing,
but righteousness delivers from death.
[3] Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry,
but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
[4] He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand,
but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
[5] He who gathers in summer is a wise son,
but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
[6] Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
[7] The memory of the righteous is blessed,
but the name of the wicked will rot.
[8] The wise in heart accept commandments,
but a chattering fool will fall.
[9] He who walks blamelessly walks surely,
but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
[10] One who winks with the eye causes sorrow,
but a chattering fool will fall.
[11] The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life,
but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
[12] Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all wrongs.
[13] Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment,
but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
[14] Wise men lay up knowledge,
but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
[15] The rich man’s wealth is his strong city.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
[16] The labor of the righteous leads to life.
The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
[17] He is in the way of life who heeds correction,
but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.
[18] He who hides hatred has lying lips.
He who utters a slander is a fool.
[19] In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience,
but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
[20] The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver.
The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
[21] The lips of the righteous feed many,
but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
[22] Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth,
and he adds no trouble to it.
[23] It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness,
but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.
[24] What the wicked fear will overtake them,
but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
[25] When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more;
but the righteous stand firm forever.
[26] As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes,
so is the sluggard to those who send him.
[27] The fear of Yahweh prolongs days,
but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
[28] The prospect of the righteous is joy,
but the hope of the wicked will perish.
[29] The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright,
but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
[30] The righteous will never be removed,
but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
[31] The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom,
but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
[32] The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.