Day 10 of 30

Ps 46:1–50:23

46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

46:2 Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

46:3 though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.

46:4 There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

46:5 God is in her midst. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.

46:6 The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the earth melted.

46:7 The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

46:8 Come, see the Lord's works, what desolations he has made in the earth.

46:9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.

46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth."

46:11 The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

47:1 Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!

47:2 For the Lord Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.

47:3 He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet.

47:4 He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

47:5 God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

47:6 Sing praise to God, sing praises. Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

47:7 For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.

47:8 God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne.

47:9 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!

48:1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.

48:3 God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.

48:4 For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.

48:5 They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away.

48:6 Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.

48:7 With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.

48:8 As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.

48:9 We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the midst of your temple.

48:10 As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.

48:11 Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of your judgments.

48:12 Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.

48:13 Consider her defenses. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.

48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

49:1 Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,

49:2 both low and high, rich and poor together.

49:3 My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.

49:4 I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

49:5 Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

49:6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches-

49:7 none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

49:8 For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

49:9 That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

49:10 For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

49:11 Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

49:12 But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

49:13 This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

49:14 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.

49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.

49:16 Do not be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.

49:17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul- and men praise you when you do well for yourself-

49:19 he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

49:20 A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.

50:1 The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.

50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

50:3 Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

50:4 He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:

50:5 "Gather my holy ones together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."

50:6 The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.

50:7 "Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

50:8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

50:9 I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.

50:10 For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.

50:11 I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.

50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

50:14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

50:15 Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me."

50:16 But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,

50:17 seeing you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?

50:18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.

50:19 "You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

50:20 You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.

50:21 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.

50:22 "Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.

50:23 Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."