PSALM 46

Confidence which the church has in God Psalm 46.1-11

²Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains be shaken into the midst of the seas,

³though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling and tumult.

Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

⁴There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

⁵God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God will help her right early [at the dawn of the morning].

⁶The nations, raged, the kingdoms tottered and were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

⁷The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our Fortress and High Tower).

Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

⁸Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has wrought desolations and wonders in the earth.

⁹He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow into pieces and snaps the spear in two; He burns the chariots in the fire.

¹⁰Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth!

¹¹The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our High Tower and Stronghold).

Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

PSALM 47

The nations are exhorted to entertain the kingdom of Christ Psalm 47.1-9

²For the Lord Most High excited terror, awe, and dread; He is a great King over all the earth.

³He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.

⁴He chose our inheritance for us, the glory and pride of Jacob, whom He loves. [1Pet 1.4,5]

Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

⁵God has ascended amid shouting, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

⁶Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

⁷For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises in a skillful psalm and with understanding.

⁸God reigns over the nations; God sits upon His holy throne.

⁹The princes and nobles of the peoples are gathered together, a [united] people for the God of Abraham, for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.

PSALM 48

Ornaments and privileges of the church Psalm 48.1-14

³God has made Himself known in her palaces as a Refuge (a High Tower and a Stronghold).

⁴For, behold, the kings assembled, they came onward and they passed away together.

⁵They looked, they were amazed; they were stricken with terror and took to flight [affrighted and dismayed].

⁶Trembling took hold of them there, and pain as of a woman in childbirth.

⁷With the east wind You shattered the ships of Tarshish.

⁸As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever.

Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

⁹We have thought of Your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of Your temple.

¹⁰As is Your name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness and justice).

¹¹Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of Your [righteous] judgments!

¹²Walk about Zion, and go round about her, number her towers (her lofty and noble deeds of past days),

¹³consider well her ramparts, go through her palaces and citadel, that you may tell the next generation [and cease recalling disappointments].

¹⁴For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide [even] until death.