Psalm 43-50

New International Version

⁵ Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.^(Q)

⁴ You are my King^(AD) and my God,^(AE)
    who decrees^[d] victories^(AF) for Jacob.
⁵ Through you we push back^(AG) our enemies;
    through your name we trample^(AH) our foes.
⁶ I put no trust in my bow,^(AI)
    my sword does not bring me victory;
⁷ but you give us victory^(AJ) over our enemies,
    you put our adversaries to shame.^(AK)
8 In God we make our boast^(AL) all day long,^(AM)
    and we will praise your name forever.^[e](AN)

⁹ But now you have rejected^(AO) and humbled us;^(AP)
    you no longer go out with our armies.^(AQ)
10 You made us retreat^(AR) before the enemy,
    and our adversaries have plundered^(AS) us.
¹¹ You gave us up to be devoured like sheep^(AT)
    and have scattered us among the nations.^(AU)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,^(AV)
    gaining nothing from their sale.

¹³ You have made us a reproach^(AW) to our neighbors,^(AX)
    the scorn^(AY) and derision^(AZ) of those around us.
¹⁴ You have made us a byword^(BA) among the nations;
    the peoples shake their heads^(BB) at us.
¹⁵ I live in disgrace^(BC) all day long,
    and my face is covered with shame^(BD)
16 at the taunts^(BE) of those who reproach and revile^(BF) me,
    because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.^(BG)

¹⁷ All this came upon us,
    though we had not forgotten^(BH) you;
    we had not been false to your covenant.
¹⁸ Our hearts had not turned^(BI) back;
    our feet had not strayed from your path.
¹⁹ But you crushed^(BJ) us and made us a haunt for jackals;^(BK)
    you covered us over with deep darkness.^(BL)

²⁰ If we had forgotten^(BM) the name of our God
    or spread out our hands to a foreign god,^(BN)
21 would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?^(BO)
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep^(BP) to be slaughtered.^(BQ)

²³ Awake,^(BR) Lord! Why do you sleep?^(BS)
    Rouse yourself!^(BT) Do not reject us forever.^(BU)
24 Why do you hide your face^(BV)
    and forget^(BW) our misery and oppression?^(BX)

²⁵ We are brought down to the dust;^(BY)
    our bodies cling to the ground.
²⁶ Rise up^(BZ) and help us;
    rescue^(CA) us because of your unfailing love.^(CB)

² You are the most excellent of men
    and your lips have been anointed with grace,^(CD)
    since God has blessed you forever.^(CE)

³ Gird your sword^(CF) on your side, you mighty one;^(CG)
    clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.^(CH)
4 In your majesty ride forth victoriously^(CI)
    in the cause of truth, humility and justice;^(CJ)
    let your right hand^(CK) achieve awesome deeds.^(CL)
5 Let your sharp arrows^(CM) pierce the hearts^(CN) of the king’s enemies;^(CO)
    let the nations fall beneath your feet.
⁶ Your throne, O God,^[h] will last for ever and ever;^(CP)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
⁷ You love righteousness^(CQ) and hate wickedness;^(CR)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing^(CS) you with the oil of joy.^(CT)
8 All your robes are fragrant^(CU) with myrrh^(CV) and aloes^(CW) and cassia;^(CX)
    from palaces adorned with ivory^(CY)
    the music of the strings^(CZ) makes you glad.
⁹ Daughters of kings^(DA) are among your honored women;
    at your right hand^(DB) is the royal bride^(DC) in gold of Ophir.^(DD)

¹⁰ Listen, daughter,^(DE) and pay careful attention:^(DF)
    Forget your people^(DG) and your father’s house.
¹¹ Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;^(DH)
    honor^(DI) him, for he is your lord.^(DJ)
12 The city of Tyre^(DK) will come with a gift,^[i](DL)
    people of wealth will seek your favor.
¹³ All glorious^(DM) is the princess within her chamber;
    her gown is interwoven with gold.^(DN)
14 In embroidered garments^(DO) she is led to the king;^(DP)
    her virgin companions^(DQ) follow her—
    those brought to be with her.
¹⁵ Led in with joy and gladness,^(DR)
    they enter the palace of the king.

¹⁶ Your sons will take the place of your fathers;
    you will make them princes^(DS) throughout the land.

¹⁷ I will perpetuate your memory through all generations;^(DT)
    therefore the nations will praise you^(DU) for ever and ever.^(DV)

⁴ There is a river^(EI) whose streams^(EJ) make glad the city of God,^(EK)
    the holy place where the Most High^(EL) dwells.^(EM)
5 God is within her,^(EN) she will not fall;^(EO)
    God will help^(EP) her at break of day.
⁶ Nations^(EQ) are in uproar,^(ER) kingdoms^(ES) fall;
    he lifts his voice,^(ET) the earth melts.^(EU)

⁷ The Lord Almighty^(EV) is with us;^(EW)
    the God of Jacob^(EX) is our fortress.^(EY)

⁸ Come and see what the Lord has done,^(EZ)
    the desolations^(FA) he has brought on the earth.
⁹ He makes wars^(FB) cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow^(FC) and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields^[m] with fire.^(FD)
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;^(FE)
    I will be exalted^(FF) among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.”

¹¹ The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob^(FG) is our fortress.^(FH)

² For the Lord Most High^(FK) is awesome,^(FL)
    the great King^(FM) over all the earth.
³ He subdued^(FN) nations under us,
    peoples under our feet.
⁴ He chose our inheritance^(FO) for us,
    the pride of Jacob,^(FP) whom he loved.^[o]

⁵ God has ascended^(FQ) amid shouts of joy,^(FR)
    the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.^(FS)
6 Sing praises^(FT) to God, sing praises;
    sing praises to our King, sing praises.
⁷ For God is the King of all the earth;^(FU)
    sing to him a psalm^(FV) of praise.

⁸ God reigns^(FW) over the nations;
    God is seated on his holy throne.^(FX)
9 The nobles of the nations assemble
    as the people of the God of Abraham,
for the kings^[p] of the earth belong to God;^(FY)
    he is greatly exalted.^(FZ)

² Beautiful^(GE) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon^[r](GF) is Mount Zion,^(GG)
    the city of the Great King.^(GH)
3 God is in her citadels;^(GI)
    he has shown himself to be her fortress.^(GJ)

⁴ When the kings joined forces,
    when they advanced together,^(GK)
5 they saw her and were astounded;
    they fled in terror.^(GL)
6 Trembling seized^(GM) them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(GN)
7 You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish^(GO)
    shattered by an east wind.^(GP)

⁸ As we have heard,
    so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
    in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
    forever.^[s](GQ)

⁹ Within your temple, O God,
    we meditate^(GR) on your unfailing love.^(GS)
10 Like your name,^(GT) O God,
    your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;^(GU)
    your right hand is filled with righteousness.
¹¹ Mount Zion rejoices,
    the villages of Judah are glad
    because of your judgments.^(GV)

¹² Walk about Zion, go around her,
    count her towers,^(GW)
13 consider well her ramparts,^(GX)
    view her citadels,^(GY)
that you may tell of them
    to the next generation.^(GZ)

¹⁴ For this God is our God for ever and ever;
    he will be our guide^(HA) even to the end.

⁵ Why should I fear^(HK) when evil days come,
    when wicked deceivers surround me—
⁶ those who trust in their wealth^(HL)
    and boast^(HM) of their great riches?^(HN)
7 No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
⁸ the ransom^(HO) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—^(HP)
9 so that they should live on^(HQ) forever
    and not see decay.^(HR)
10 For all can see that the wise die,^(HS)
    that the foolish and the senseless^(HT) also perish,
    leaving their wealth^(HU) to others.^(HV)
11 Their tombs^(HW) will remain their houses^[u] forever,
    their dwellings for endless generations,^(HX)
    though they had^[v] named^(HY) lands after themselves.

¹² People, despite their wealth, do not endure;^(HZ)
    they are like the beasts that perish.^(IA)

¹³ This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,^(IB)
    and of their followers, who approve their sayings.^[w]
14 They are like sheep and are destined^(IC) to die;^(ID)
    death will be their shepherd
    (but the upright will prevail^(IE) over them in the morning).
Their forms will decay in the grave,
    far from their princely mansions.
¹⁵ But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;^(IF)
    he will surely take me to himself.^(IG)
16 Do not be overawed when others grow rich,
    when the splendor of their houses increases;
¹⁷ for they will take nothing^(IH) with them when they die,
    their splendor will not descend with them.^(II)
18 Though while they live they count themselves blessed—^(IJ)
    and people praise you when you prosper—
¹⁹ they will join those who have gone before them,^(IK)
    who will never again see the light^(IL) of life.

²⁰ People who have wealth but lack understanding^(IM)
    are like the beasts that perish.^(IN)

⁷ “Listen, my people, and I will speak;
    I will testify^(JE) against you, Israel:
    I am God, your God.^(JF)
8 I bring no charges^(JG) against you concerning your sacrifices
    or concerning your burnt offerings,^(JH) which are ever before me.
⁹ I have no need of a bull^(JI) from your stall
    or of goats^(JJ) from your pens,^(JK)
10 for every animal of the forest^(JL) is mine,
    and the cattle on a thousand hills.^(JM)
11 I know every bird^(JN) in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields^(JO) are mine.
¹² If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world^(JP) is mine, and all that is in it.^(JQ)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴ “Sacrifice thank offerings^(JR) to God,
    fulfill your vows^(JS) to the Most High,^(JT)
15 and call^(JU) on me in the day of trouble;^(JV)
    I will deliver^(JW) you, and you will honor^(JX) me.”

“What right have you to recite my laws
    or take my covenant^(JY) on your lips?^(JZ)
17 You hate^(KA) my instruction
    and cast my words behind^(KB) you.
¹⁸ When you see a thief, you join^(KC) with him;
    you throw in your lot with adulterers.^(KD)
19 You use your mouth for evil
    and harness your tongue to deceit.^(KE)
20 You sit and testify against your brother^(KF)
    and slander your own mother’s son.
²¹ When you did these things and I kept silent,^(KG)
    you thought I was exactly^[z] like you.
But I now arraign^(KH) you
    and set my accusations^(KI) before you.

²² “Consider this, you who forget God,^(KJ)
    or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:^(KK)
23 Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,
    and to the blameless^[aa] I will show my salvation.^(KL)”