Psalms 47 and 48

1.   Clap your hand, | all you | peoples;*
         shout to God | with a | cry of | joy.

2.   For the Lord Most High is | to be | feared;*
         he is the great King | over | all the | earth.

3.   He subdues the peoples under us,*
         and the | nations | under our | feet.

4.   He chooses our inheri- | tance for | us.*
         the pride of | Jacob | whom he | loves.

5.   God has gone up | with a | shout,*
         the Lord with | the sound | of the | ram's-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 prai- | ses with | all your | skill.

8.   God reigns | over the | nations;*
         God sits | upon his | holy | throne.

9.   The nobles of the peoples have | gathered to- | gether;*
         with the people | of the | God of | Abraham.

10. The rulers of the earth | belong to | God,*
         and | he is | highly ex- | alted.

1.   Great is the LORD, and highly | to be | praised; *
         in the city of our God is his holy hill.

2.   Beautiful and lofty, the joy of all the earth, is the | hill of | Zion, *
         the very center of the world and the | city of | the great | King.

3.   God is | in her | citadels; * 

         he is known | to be | her sure | refuge.

4.   Behold, the kings of | the earth | assembled * 

         and | marched for- | ward to- | gether.

5.   They looked and | were a- | stounded; *
         they re- | treated and | fled in | terror.

6.   Trembling | seized them | there; * 

         they writhed like a woman in childbirth, 

         like ships of the sea when the | east wind | shatters | them.

7.   As we have heard, so have we seen,

         in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city | of our | God; *
         God has | es- tablished | her for- | ever.

8.   We have waited in silence on your  | loving-kindness, O | God, * 

         in | the midst | of your | temple.

9.   Your praise, like your Name, O God, reaches to | the world's | end; *
        your right | hand is | full of | justice.

10. Let Mount Zion be gladand the cities of | Judah | rejoice, *
        be- | cause of |your judg- | ments.

11. Make the circuit of Zion; walk | round about | her; *
        count the | number | of her | towers.

12. Consider well her bulwarks; | examine her | strongholds; *
        that you may | tell those | who come | after.

13. This God is our God for- | ever and | ever; * 

he shall | be our | guide for | evermore.

Psalm 46

Psalm 45

Psalm 44

Psalm 43

1.   Give judgment for me, O God, 

        and defend my cause against an un- | godly | people; *

        deliver me from the de- | ceitful | and the | wicked.

2.   For you are the God of my strength; why have you put | me from | you?*            and why do I go so heavily while the | ene-my | oppress- es | me?

3.   Send out your light and your truth, that they | may lead | me, * 

         and bring me to your holy | hill and | to your | dwelling;

4.   That I may go to the altar of God, to the God of my | joy and | gladness; * 

         and on the harp I will give thanks to | you, O | God my | God.

5.   Why are you so full of heaviness, | O my | soul? * 

         and why are you so dis- | quieted | within | me?

6.   Put your | trust in | God; * 

         for I will yet give thanks to him,
         who is the help of my | counte- nance, | and my | God.

Psalm 42

1.   As the deer longs | for the | water-brooks, *

        so longs my |soul for | you, O | God.

2.   My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the | living | God; *

        when shall I come to appear be- | fore the | presence of | God?

3.   My tears have been my food day and night, * 

        while all day long they say to me, | Where now |is your | God?"

4.   I pour out my soul when I think | on these | things; *

        how I went with the multitude and led them | into the | house of | God, 

5.   With the voice of | praise and | thanksgiving, *

        among those |who keep | holy | day.

6.   Why are you so full of heaviness, | O my | soul? *

        and why are you so dis- | quieted | within | me?

7.   Put your | trust in | God; * 

        for I will yet give thanks to him, 

        who is the help of my | countenance, | and my | God.

8.   My soul is heavy | within | me; *

        therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan 

        and from the peak of Mizar | among the | heights of | Hermon.

9.   One deep calls to another in the noise | of your | cataracts; *

        all your rapids and floods | have gone | over | me.

10. The LORD grants his loving-kindness | in the | daytime; *

        in the night season his song is with me, 

        a prayer | to the | God of my | life.

11. I will say to the God of my strength, "Why have you | for- gotten | me? *

        and why do I go so heavily | while the | enemy oppresses | me?"

12. While my bones | are being | broken, *

        my enemies | mock me | to my | face;

13. All day long | they mock | me *

        and say to me, |"Where now | is your | God?"

14. Why are you so full of heaviness, | O my | soul? *
        and why are you so | dis- quieted | within | me?

15.  Put your | trust in | God; *

        for I will yet give thanks to him, 

        who is the help of | my countenance, | and my | God.

Psalm 41

1.  Happy are they who consider the | poor and | needy! *
        the LORD will deliver them | in the | time of | trouble.

2.  The LORD preserves them and keeps them alive,
        so that they may be happy | in the | land; *
        he does not hand them over | to the will | of their | enemies.

3.  The LORD sustains them | on their | sickbed *

        and ministers | to them | in their | illness.

4.  I said, "LORD, be | merciful to | me; *

        heal me, for I | have sinned | a- gainst | you."

5.  My enemies are saying wicked | things a- | bout me: *

        When will he | die, and | his name | perish?"

6.  Even if they come to see me, they speak | empty | words; *

        their heart collects false rumors; they | go out- | side and | spread them.

7.  All my enemies whisper together | about | me *

        and devise | evil | against | me.

8.  "A deadly thing," they say, "has | fastened on | him; *

        he has taken to his bed and will | never get | up a- | gain."

9.  Even my best friend, whom I trusted, who broke | bread with | me, *

        has lifted up his | heel and turned | against | me.

10. But you, O LORD, be merciful to me and | raise me | up, *

         and | I shall | repay | them.

11. By this I know you are | pleased with | me, *

         that my enemy does not | triumph | over | me.

12. In my integrity you | hold me | fast, *

         and shall set me be- | fore your | face for- | ever.

13. Blessed be the LORD | God of | Israel, *

         from | age to age. | Amen. | Amen.