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Psalms 48
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
WEB
World English Bible · 2000
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
1Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core.
1Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
1 Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of ourGod, in the hill of his holiness.
2Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.
2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and poor together.
3God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
3 God is known in her palaces as a high fortress.
4My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
4For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.
4 For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together;
5I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.
5They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away.
5 They saw, — so they marvelled; they were troubled, they fled in consternation:
6Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.
6Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
6 Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail.
7They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,
7With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.
7 With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.
8No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom,
8As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. [Selah
8 As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of ourGod:God doth establish it for ever. Selah.
9Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever,
9We have thought on thy lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of thy temple.
9 We have thought, OGod, of thy loving-kindness, in the midst of thy temple.
10And shall still live unto the end.
10As is thy name, O God, So is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: Thy right hand is full of righteousness.
10 According to thy name, OGod, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers:
11Let mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of thy judgments.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12And their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names.
12Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number the towers thereof;
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: count the towers thereof;
13And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.
13Mark ye well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces: That ye may tell it to the generation following.
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces: that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
14For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death.
14 For thisGod is ourGod for ever and ever; he will be our guide until death.
15They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.
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16But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, when he shall receive me.
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17Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased.
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18For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.
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19For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
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