Psalms 45

1 For the leader; according to Lilies. A maskil of the Korahites. A love song. I My heart is stirred by a noble theme, as I sing my ode to the king. My tongue is the pen of a nimble scribe.
2 II You are the most handsome of men; fair speech has graced your lips, for God has blessed you forever.
3 Gird your sword upon your hip, mighty warrior! In splendor and majesty ride on triumphant!
4 In the cause of truth and justice may your right hand show you wondrous deeds.
5 Your arrows are sharp; peoples will cower at your feet; the king's enemies will lose heart.
6 Your throne, O god, stands forever; your royal scepter is a scepter for justice.
7 You love justice and hate wrongdoing; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellow kings.
8 With myrrh, aloes, and cassia your robes are fragrant. From ivory-paneled palaces stringed instruments bring you joy.
9 Daughters of kings are your lovely wives; a princess arrayed in Ophir's gold comes to stand at your right hand.
10 III Listen, my daughter, and understand; pay me careful heed. Forget your people and your father's house,
11 that the king might desire your beauty. He is your lord;
12 honor him, daughter of Tyre. Then the richest of the people will seek your favor with gifts.
13 All glorious is the king's daughter as she enters, her raiment threaded with gold;
14 In embroidered apparel she is led to the king. The maids of her train are presented to the king.
15 They are led in with glad and joyous acclaim; they enter the palace of the king.
16 IV The throne of your fathers your sons will have; you shall make them princes through all the land.
17 I will make your name renowned through all generations; thus nations shall praise you forever.

Psalms 46

1 For the leader. A song of the Korahites. According to alamoth. I God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in distress.
2 Thus we do not fear, though earth be shaken and mountains quake to the depths of the sea,
3 Though its waters rage and foam and mountains totter at its surging. The LORD of hosts is with us; our stronghold is the God of Jacob. Selah
4 II Streams of the river gladden the city of God, the holy dwelling of the Most High.
5 God is in its midst; it shall not be shaken; God will help it at break of day.
6 Though nations rage and kingdoms totter, God's voice thunders and the earth trembles.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us; our stronghold is the God of Jacob. Selah
8 III Come and see the works of the LORD, who has done fearsome deeds on earth;
9 Who stops wars to the ends of the earth, breaks the bow, splinters the spear, and burns the shields with fire;
10 Who says: Be still and confess that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.
11 The LORD of hosts is with us; our stronghold is the God of Jacob. Selah

Psalms 47

1 For the leader. A psalm of the Korahites. I All you peoples, clap your hands; shout to God with joyful cries.
2 For the LORD, the Most High, inspires awe, the great king overall the earth,
3 Who made people subject to us, brought nations under our feet,
4 Who chose a land for our heritage, the glory of Jacob, the beloved. Selah
5 II God mounts the throne amid shouts of joy; the LORD, amid trumpet blasts.
6 Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our king, sing praise.
7 III God is king over all the earth; sing hymns of praise.
8 God rules over the nations; God sits upon his holy throne.
9 The princes of the peoples assemble with the people of the God of Abraham. For the rulers of the earth belong to God, who is enthroned on high.

Psalms 48

1 A psalm of the Korahites. A song. I Great is the LORD and highly praised in the city of our God: The holy mountain,
2 fairest of heights, the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, the heights of Zaphon, the city of the great king.
3 II God is its citadel, renowned as a stronghold.
4 See! The kings assembled, together they invaded.
5 When they looked they were astounded; terrified, they were put to flight!
6 Trembling seized them there, anguish, like a woman's labor,
7 As when the east wind wrecks the ships of Tarshish!
8 III What we had heard we now see in the city of the LORD of hosts, In the city of our God, founded to last forever. Selah
9 O God, within your temple we ponder your steadfast love.
10 Like your name, O God, your praise reaches the ends of the earth. Your right hand is fully victorious.
11 Mount Zion is glad! The cities of Judah rejoice because of your saving deeds!
12 IV Go about Zion, walk all around it, note the number of its towers.
13 Consider the ramparts, examine its citadels, that you may tell future generations:
14 Yes, so mighty is God, our God who leads us always!

Psalms 49

1 For the leader. A psalm of the Korahites. Hear this, all you peoples! Give ear, all who inhabit the world,
2 You of lowly birth or high estate, rich and poor alike.
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom, my heart shall offer insight.
4 I will turn my attention to a problem, expound my question to the music of a lyre.
5 I Why should I fear in evil days, when my wicked pursuers ring me round,
6 Those who trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches?
7 One cannot redeem oneself, pay to God a ransom.
8 Too high the price to redeem a life; one would never have enough
9 To stay alive forever and never see the pit.
10 Anyone can see that the wisest die, the fool and the senseless pass away too, and must leave their wealth to others.
11 Tombs are their homes forever, their dwellings through all generations, though they gave their names to their lands.
12 For all their riches mortals do not abide; they perish like the beasts.
13 II This is the destiny of those who trust in folly, the end of those so pleased with their wealth. Selah
14 Like sheep they are herded into Sheol, where death will be their shepherd. Straight to the grave they descend, where their form will waste away, Sheol will be their palace.
15 But God will redeem my life, will take me from the power of Sheol. Selah
16 Do not fear when others become rich, when the wealth of their houses grows great.
17 When they die they will take nothing with them, their wealth will not follow them down.
18 When living, they congratulate themselves and say: All praise you, you do so well.
19 But they will join the company of their forebears, never again to see the light.
20 For all their riches, if mortals do not have wisdom, they perish like the beasts.

Psalms 50

1 A psalm of Asaph. I The LORD, the God of gods, has spoken and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 From Zion God shines forth. perfect in beauty.
3 Our God comes and will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes, storming fiercely round about.
4 God summons the heavens above and the earth to the judgment of his people:
5 Gather my faithful ones before me, those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6 The heavens proclaim divine justice, for God alone is the judge. Selah
7 II Listen, my people, I will speak; Israel, I will testify against you; God, your God, am I.
8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you, nor for your holocausts, set before me daily.
9 I need no bullock from your house, no goats from your fold.
10 For every animal of the forest is mine, beasts by the thousands on my mountains.
11 I know every bird of the heavens; the creatures of the field belong to me.
12 Were I hungry, I would not tell you, for mine is the world and all that fills it.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer praise as your sacrifice to God; fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15 Then call on me in time of distress; I will rescue you, and you shall honor me.
16 III But to the wicked God says: Why do you recite my commandments and profess my covenant with your lips?
17 You hate discipline; you cast my words behind you!
18 When you see thieves, you befriend them; with adulterers you throw in your lot.
19 You give your mouth free rein for evil; you harness your tongue to deceit.
20 You sit maligning your own kin, slandering the child of your own mother.
21 When you do these things should I be silent? Or do you think that I am like you? I accuse you, I lay the charge before you.
22 IV Understand this, you who forget God, lest I attack you with no one to rescue.
23 Those who offer praise as a sacrifice honor me; to the obedient I will show the salvation of God.

Psalms 51

1 For the leader. A psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him after his affair with Bathsheba. I Have mercy on me, God, in your goodness; in your abundant compassion blot out my offense.
2 Wash away all my guilt; from my sin cleanse me.
3 For I know my offense; my sin is always before me.
4 Against you alone have I sinned; I have done such evil in your sight That you are just in your sentence, blameless when you condemn.
5 True, I was born guilty, a sinner, even as my mother conceived me.
6 Still, you insist on sincerity of heart; in my inmost being teach me wisdom.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, that I may be pure; wash me, make me whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear sounds of joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 II Turn away your face from my sins; blot out all my guilt.
10 A clean heart create for me, God; renew in me a steadfast spirit.
11 Do not drive me from your presence, nor take from me your holy spirit.
12 Restore my joy in your salvation; sustain in me a willing spirit.
13 I will teach the wicked your ways, that sinners may return to you.
14 Rescue me from death, God, my saving God, that my tongue may praise your healing power.
15 Lord, open my lips; my mouth will proclaim your praise.
16 For you do not desire sacrifice; a burnt offering you would not accept.
17 My sacrifice, God, is a broken spirit; God, do not spurn a broken, humbled heart. III
18 Make Zion prosper in your good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then you will be pleased with proper sacrifice, burnt offerings and holocausts; then bullocks will be offered on your altar.