Psalm 42-50

English Standard Version

^5 (L)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you ^(M)in turmoil within me?
^(N)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation^{[c] 6} and my God.

My soul is cast down within me;
    therefore I ^(O)remember you
^(P)from the land of Jordan and of ^(Q)Hermon,
    from Mount Mizar.
⁷ Deep calls to deep
    at the roar of your waterfalls;
^(R)all your breakers and your ^(S)waves
    have gone over me.
⁸ By day the Lord ^(T)commands his steadfast love,
    and at ^(U)night his song is with me,
    a prayer to the God of my life.
⁹ I say to God, ^(V)my rock:
    “Why have you forgotten me?
^(W)Why do I go mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?”
¹⁰ As with a deadly wound in my bones,
    my adversaries taunt me,
^(X)while they say to me all the day long,
    “Where is your God?”

^11 (Y)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation and my God.

^3 (AF)Send out your light and your truth;
    let them lead me;
let them bring me to your ^(AG)holy hill
    and to your ^(AH)dwelling!
⁴ Then I will go to the altar of God,
    to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
    O God, my God.

^5 (AI)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you in turmoil within me?
^(AJ)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation and my God.

^4 (AT)You are my King, O God;
    ^(AU)ordain salvation for Jacob!
⁵ Through you we ^(AV)push down our foes;
    through your name we ^(AW)tread down those who rise up against us.
⁶ For not in ^(AX)my bow do I trust,
    nor can my sword save me.
⁷ But you have saved us from our foes
    and have ^(AY)put to shame those who hate us.
^8 (AZ)In God we have boasted continually,
    and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah

⁹ But you have ^(BA)rejected us and disgraced us
    and ^(BB)have not gone out with our armies.
¹⁰ You have made us ^(BC)turn back from the foe,
    and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
¹¹ You have made us like ^(BD)sheep for slaughter
    and have ^(BE)scattered us among the nations.
^12 (BF)You have sold your people for a trifle,
    demanding no high price for them.
¹³ You have made us ^(BG)the taunt of our neighbors,
    the derision and ^(BH)scorn of those around us.
¹⁴ You have made us ^(BI)a byword among the nations,
    ^(BJ)a laughingstock^[e] among the peoples.
¹⁵ All day long my disgrace is before me,
    and ^(BK)shame has covered my face
¹⁶ at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
    at the sight of ^(BL)the enemy and the avenger.

^17 (BM)All this has come upon us,
    though we have not forgotten you,
    and we have not been false to your covenant.
¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back,
    nor have our ^(BN)steps ^(BO)departed from your way;
¹⁹ yet you have ^(BP)broken us in the place of ^(BQ)jackals
    and covered us with ^(BR)the shadow of death.
²⁰ If we had forgotten the name of our God
    or ^(BS)spread out our hands to ^(BT)a foreign god,
^21 (BU)would not God discover this?
    ^(BV)For he knows the secrets of the heart.
²² Yet ^(BW)for your sake we are killed all the day long;
    we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

^23 (BX)Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
    Rouse yourself! ^(BY)Do not reject us forever!
²⁴ Why ^(BZ)do you hide your face?
    Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
²⁵ For our ^(CA)soul is bowed down to the dust;
    our belly clings to the ground.
²⁶ Rise up; ^(CB)come to our help!
    ^(CC)Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!

² You are ^(CF)the most handsome of the sons of men;
    ^(CG)grace is poured upon your lips;
    therefore God has blessed you forever.
^3 (CH)Gird your ^(CI)sword on your thigh, O ^(CJ)mighty one,
    in ^(CK)your splendor and majesty!

⁴ In your majesty ^(CL)ride out victoriously
    for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
    let your right hand teach you ^(CM)awesome deeds!
⁵ Your arrows are sharp
    in the heart of the king's enemies;
    the peoples fall under you.

^6 (CN)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
    The ^(CO)scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
^{7     (CP)}you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore ^(CQ)God, your God, has ^(CR)anointed you
    with the oil of ^(CS)gladness ^(CT)beyond your companions;
⁸     your robes are all fragrant with ^(CU)myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces ^(CV)stringed instruments make you glad;
⁹     daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
    ^(CW)at your right hand stands the queen in ^(CX)gold of Ophir.

¹⁰ Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:
    forget your people and your father's house,
¹¹     and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your ^(CY)lord, ^(CZ)bow to him.
¹²     The people^[g] of Tyre will ^(DA)seek your favor with ^(DB)gifts,
    ^(DC)the richest of the people.^[h]

¹³ All glorious is ^(DD)the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.
^{14     (DE)}In many-colored robes ^(DF)she is led to the king,
    with her virgin companions following behind her.
¹⁵ With joy and gladness they are led along
    as they enter the palace of the king.

¹⁶ In place of your fathers shall be your sons;
    you will make them ^(DG)princes in all the earth.
^17 (DH)I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations;
    therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.

⁴ There is ^(DQ)a river whose streams make glad ^(DR)the city of God,
    the holy ^(DS)habitation of the Most High.
^5 (DT)God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
    God will help her when morning dawns.
^6 (DU)The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
    he ^(DV)utters his voice, the earth ^(DW)melts.
^7 (DX)The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

^8 (DY)Come, behold the works of the Lord,
    how he has brought desolations on the earth.
^9 (DZ)He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
    he ^(EA)breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    ^(EB)he burns the chariots with fire.
^10 (EC)“Be still, and know that I am God.
    ^(ED)I will be exalted among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth!”
^11 (EE)The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

⁵ God ^(EN)has gone up with a shout,
    the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
⁶ Sing praises to God, sing praises!
    Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
⁷ For God is ^(EO)the King of all the earth;
    sing praises ^(EP)with a psalm!^[k]

⁸ God ^(EQ)reigns over the nations;
    God sits on his holy throne.
^9 (ER)The princes of the peoples gather
    as the people of the God of Abraham.
For ^(ES)the shields of the earth belong to God;
    he is highly exalted!

⁴ For behold, ^(FA)the kings assembled;
    they came on together.
⁵ As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
    they were in panic; they took to flight.
^6 (FB)Trembling took hold of them there,
    anguish ^(FC)as of a woman in labor.
⁷ By ^(FD)the east wind you ^(FE)shattered
    the ships of ^(FF)Tarshish.
⁸ As we have heard, so have we seen
    in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in ^(FG)the city of our God,
    which God will ^(FH)establish forever. Selah

⁹ We have thought on your ^(FI)steadfast love, O God,
    in the midst of your temple.
¹⁰ As your ^(FJ)name, O God,
    so your praise reaches to ^(FK)the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
¹¹     Let Mount ^(FL)Zion be glad!
Let ^(FM)the daughters of Judah rejoice
    because of your judgments!

¹² Walk about Zion, go around her,
    number her towers,
¹³ consider well her ^(FN)ramparts,
    go through her citadels,
^(FO)that you may tell the next generation
¹⁴     that this is God,
our God forever and ever.
    He will ^(FP)guide us forever.^[l]

^5 (FW)Why should I fear in ^(FX)times of trouble,
    when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
⁶ those who ^(FY)trust in their wealth
    and boast of the abundance of their riches?
⁷ Truly no man ^(FZ)can ransom another,
    or ^(GA)give to God ^(GB)the price of his life,
⁸ for ^(GC)the ransom of their life is costly
    and can never suffice,
⁹ that he should live on forever
    and ^(GD)never see the pit.

¹⁰ For he sees ^(GE)that even the wise die;
    ^(GF)the fool and the stupid alike must perish
    and ^(GG)leave their wealth to others.
¹¹ Their ^(GH)graves are their homes forever,^[m]
    their dwelling places ^(GI)to all generations,
    though they ^(GJ)called lands by their own names.
¹² Man in his pomp ^(GK)will not remain;
    ^(GL)he is like the beasts that perish.

¹³ This is the path of those who have ^(GM)foolish confidence;
    yet after them people approve of their boasts.^[n] Selah
¹⁴ Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
    death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright ^(GN)shall rule over them in the morning.
    ^(GO)Their form shall be consumed ^(GP)in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
¹⁵ But God will ^(GQ)ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
    for he will ^(GR)receive me. Selah

¹⁶ Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
    when the glory of his house increases.
^17 (GS)For when he dies he will ^(GT)carry nothing away;
    his glory will not go down after him.
¹⁸ For though, while he lives, he counts himself ^(GU)blessed
    —and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
¹⁹ his soul will ^(GV)go to the generation of his fathers,
    who will never again ^(GW)see light.
^20 (GX)Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

³ Our God comes; he ^(HD)does not keep silence;^[o]
    before him is a devouring ^(HE)fire,
    around him a mighty tempest.
^4 (HF)He calls to the heavens above
    and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
⁵ “Gather to me my faithful ones,
    who made ^(HG)a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
^6 (HH)The heavens declare his righteousness,
    for ^(HI)God himself is judge! Selah

^7 (HJ)“Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
    O Israel, I will testify against you.
    ^(HK)I am God, your God.
⁸ Not for your sacrifices ^(HL)do I rebuke you;
    your burnt offerings are continually before me.
⁹ I will not accept a bull from your house
    or goats from your folds.
¹⁰ For every beast of the forest is mine,
    the cattle on a thousand hills.
^11 (HM)I know all the birds of the hills,
    and all that moves in the field is mine.

¹² “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
    ^(HN)for the world and its fullness are mine.
¹³ Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?
^14 (HO)Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,^[p]
    and ^(HP)perform your vows to the Most High,
¹⁵ and ^(HQ)call upon me in the day of trouble;
    I will ^(HR)deliver you, and you shall ^(HS)glorify me.”

¹⁶ But to the wicked God says:
    “What right have you to recite my statutes
    or take my covenant on your lips?
^17 (HT)For you hate discipline,
    ^(HU)and you cast my words behind you.
¹⁸ If you see a thief, ^(HV)you are pleased with him,
    ^(HW)and you keep company with adulterers.

¹⁹ “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
    ^(HX)and your tongue frames deceit.
²⁰ You sit and speak against your brother;
    you slander your own mother's son.
²¹ These things you have done, and I ^(HY)have been silent;
    you thought that I^[q] was one like yourself.
But now I ^(HZ)rebuke you and ^(IA)lay the charge before you.

²² “Mark this, then, you who ^(IB)forget God,
    lest I tear you apart, and there be ^(IC)none to deliver!
²³ The one who ^(ID)offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
    to one who ^(IE)orders his way rightly
    I will show the ^(IF)salvation of God!”