Day 172: Psalms 44 - 50
Bible in a year reading for day 172.
Psalms 44
Psalms 45
- 1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song. My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
- 2 You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
- 3 Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
- 4 In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.
- 5 Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
- 6 Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- 7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- 8 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
- 9 The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
- 10 Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
- 11 and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
- 12 The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
- 13 All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.
- 14 In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
- 15 They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.
- 16 Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.
- 17 I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
Psalms 46
- 1 For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
- 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
- 3 though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah
- 4 There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
- 5 God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
- 6 Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
- 7 The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- 8 Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.
- 9 He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- 10 “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
- 11 The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Psalms 47
- 1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
- 2 How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
- 3 He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.
- 4 He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
- 5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.
- 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!
- 7 For God is King of all the earth; sing profound praises to Him.
- 8 God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.
- 9 The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
Psalms 48
- 1 A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
- 2 Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
- 3 God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
- 4 For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
- 5 They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
- 6 Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
- 7 With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
- 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 her forever. Selah
- 9 Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
- 10 Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- 11 Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
- 12 March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
- 13 consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
- 14 For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
Psalms 49
- 1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
- 2 both low and high, rich and poor alike.
- 3 My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
- 4 I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
- 5 Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
- 6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
- 7 No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
- 8 For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
- 9 that he should live on forever and not see decay.
- 10 For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
- 11 Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
- 12 But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
- 13 This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
- 14 Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
- 15 But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
- 16 Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
- 17 For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
- 18 Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—
- 19 he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
- 20 A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 50
- 1 A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
- 2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
- 3 Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
- 4 He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
- 5 “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
- 6 And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
- 7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
- 8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
- 9 I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
- 10 for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
- 11 I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
- 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.