Through My Bible Yr 01 – August 19

Through My Bible – August 19

Psalms 46 – 48 (EHV)

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¹ God is our refuge and strength,
a helper who can always be found in times of trouble.
² That is why we will not fear when the earth dissolves
and when the mountains tumble into the heart of the sea.
³ Its waters roar and foam.
The mountains quake when it rises. Interlude

⁴ There is a river—its streams bring joy to the city of God,
to the holy dwelling of the Most High.
⁵ God is in her. She will not fall.
God will help her at daybreak.
⁶ Nations are in turmoil. Kingdoms fall.
God raises his voice. The earth melts.
⁷ The Lord of Armies is with us.
The God of Jacob is a fortress for us. Interlude
⁸ Come, look at the works of the Lord.
What a wasteland he has made of the earth!
⁹ He makes wars cease to the end of the earth.
He shatters the bow. He cuts up the spear.
He burns the carts ^[2] with fire.
¹⁰ “Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations.
I will be exalted on the earth.”

¹¹ The Lord of Armies is with us.
The God of Jacob is a fortress for us. Interlude

¹ All you peoples, clap your hands!
Shout to God! Sing a loud song!

² Yes, the Lord Most High is awesome.
He is the great King over all the earth!
³ He subdues peoples under us
and nations under our feet.
⁴ He chooses our inheritance for us.
It is the pride of Jacob, whom he loves. Interlude
⁵ God has ascended with a joyful shout.
The Lord goes up with the sound of the ram’s horn.

⁶ Make music for God! Make music!
Make music for our King! Make music!
⁷ For God is the King of all the earth.
Make music for him with a wise song.

⁸ God reigns as king over the nations.
God is seated on his holy throne.
⁹ The nobles of the peoples come together
    as the people of the God of Abraham.
Yes, the shields of the earth ^[3] belong to God.
He is greatly exalted.

¹ The Lord is great. He deserves to be praised
    in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.
² His mountain is lofty and beautiful, the joy of the whole earth.
Mount Zion, the northern mountain, is the city of the Great King.
³ God is in her citadels.
He is famous as her fortress.

⁴ Look! See! The kings came together.
They advanced together.
⁵ They saw. Yes, they were amazed.
They were terrified. They were put to flight.
⁶ Trembling seized them there,
pain like a woman giving birth.
⁷ You shattered them with an east wind, like ships of Tarshish.

⁸ What we have heard, we now have also seen:
    In the city of the Lord of Armies,
    in the city of our God, Interlude
    God establishes her forever.
⁹ Inside your temple, O God, we meditate on your mercy.
¹⁰ Your praise, O God, reaches to the ends of the earth,
just as your fame does.
Righteousness fills your right hand.
¹¹ Mount Zion rejoices.
The daughters of Judah ^[4] celebrate because of your judgments.
¹² Go around Zion. Yes, go all the way around her.
Count her towers. ¹³ Consider her rampart. ^[5]
View her citadels, so that you may tell the next generation about them.
¹⁴ For this God is our God forever and ever.
He will guide us beyond death. ^[6]

Footnotes

1. Psalm 46:1 Alamoth is a musical term of uncertain meaning. It probably refers to a method of tuning the instruments.
2. Psalm 46:9 Or shields. If we keep the reading carts, it refers to the two-wheeled supply carts, not to the war chariots.
3. Psalm 47:9 Or, less literally, the rulers of the earth
4. Psalm 48:11 That is, the towns around Jerusalem and their inhabitants
5. Psalm 48:13 Or moat
6. Psalm 48:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts read guide us forever.