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Psalms Chapter 48

¹Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain. ²Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King. ³God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge. ⁴For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together. ⁵They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away. ⁶Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail. ⁷With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish. ⁸As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the LORD of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. ⁹We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple. ¹⁰As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness. ¹¹Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments. ¹²Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers. ¹³Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation. ¹⁴For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

1: Great is the LORD, 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 the LORD of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever.

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.

Psalms Chapter 49

¹Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world, ²both low and high, rich and poor together. ³My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding. ⁴I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp. ⁵Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me? ⁶Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches— ⁷none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him. ⁸For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough, ⁹that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption. ¹⁰For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others. ¹¹Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves. ¹²But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish. ¹³This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. ¹⁴They 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. ¹⁵But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. ¹⁶Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; ¹⁷for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him. ¹⁸Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself— ¹⁹he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light. ²⁰A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.

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.

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.

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.

Psalms Chapter 50

¹The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset. ²Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out. ³Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him. ⁴He 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.” ⁶The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. ⁷“Hear, my people, and I will speak. Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God. ⁸I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me. ⁹I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens. ¹⁰For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills. ¹¹I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine. ¹²If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. ¹³Will I eat the meat of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? ¹⁴Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High. ¹⁵Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” ¹⁶But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips, ¹⁷since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you? ¹⁸When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers. ¹⁹“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit. ²⁰You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son. ²¹You 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. ²³Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”

1: The Mighty One, God, the LORD, 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.

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.”

Psalms Chapter 51

¹Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. ²Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin. ³For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me. ⁴Against 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. ⁵Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin. ⁶Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. ⁷Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. ⁸Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice. ⁹Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities. ¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. ¹¹Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. ¹²Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit. ¹³Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners will be converted to you. ¹⁴Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. ¹⁵Lord, open my lips. My mouth will declare your praise. ¹⁶For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering. ¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart. ¹⁸Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem. ¹⁹Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.

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.

Psalms Chapter 52

¹Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually. ²Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. ³You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. ⁴You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue. ⁵God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. ⁶The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying, ⁷“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.” ⁸But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever. ⁹I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints.

Psalms Chapter 53

¹The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good. ²God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God. ³Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one. ⁴Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on God? ⁵There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them. ⁶Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalms Chapter 54

¹Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might. ²Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth. ³For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them. ⁴Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul. ⁵He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth. ⁶With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, LORD, for it is good. ⁷For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.

Day 175: Psalms 48-54

Psalms 48-54