Psalms 46-51
Skip Heitzig
| Psalms 46 (NKJV™) | |
| 1 | To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song for Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. |
| 2 | Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; |
| 3 | Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah |
| 4 | There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. |
| 5 | God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn. |
| 6 | The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted. |
| 7 | The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah |
| 8 | Come, behold the works of the LORD, Who has made desolations in the earth. |
| 9 | He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariot in the fire. |
| 10 | Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! |
| 11 | The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah |
| Psalms 47 (NKJV™) | |
| 1 | To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph! |
| 2 | For the LORD Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth. |
| 3 | He will subdue the peoples under us, And the nations under our feet. |
| 4 | He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah |
| 5 | God 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 the King of all the earth; Sing praises with understanding. |
| 8 | God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. |
| 9 | The princes of the people have gathered together, The people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted. |
| Psalms 48 (NKJV™) | |
| 1 | A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain. |
| 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. |
| 3 | God is in her palaces; He is known as her refuge. |
| 4 | For behold, the kings assembled, They passed by together. |
| 5 | They saw it, and so they marveled; They were troubled, they hastened away. |
| 6 | Fear took hold of them there, And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs, |
| 7 | As when You break the ships of Tarshish With an east wind. |
| 8 | As we have heard, So we have seen In the city of the LORD of hosts, In the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah |
| 9 | We have thought, O God, on Your lovingkindness, In the midst of Your temple. |
| 10 | According to Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness. |
| 11 | Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah be glad, Because of Your judgments. |
| 12 | Walk about Zion, And go all around her. Count her towers; |
| 13 | Mark well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces; That you may tell it to the generation following. |
| 14 | For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death. |
| Psalms 49 (NKJV™) | |
| 1 | To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, |
| 2 | Both low and high, Rich and poor together. |
| 3 | My mouth shall speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding. |
| 4 | I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will disclose my dark saying on the harp. |
| 5 | Why should I fear in the days of evil, When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me? |
| 6 | Those who trust in their wealth And boast in the multitude of their riches, |
| 7 | None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him-- |
| 8 | For the redemption of their souls is costly, And it shall cease forever-- |
| 9 | That he should continue to live eternally, And not see the Pit. |
| 10 | For he sees wise men die; Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, And leave their wealth to others. |
| 11 | Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever, Their dwelling places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names. |
| 12 | Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not remain; He is like the beasts that perish. |
| 13 | This is the way of those who are foolish, And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah |
| 14 | Like sheep they are laid in the grave; Death shall feed on them; The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be consumed in the grave, far from their dwelling. |
| 15 | But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, For He shall receive me. Selah |
| 16 | Do not be afraid when one becomes rich, When the glory of his house is increased; |
| 17 | For when he dies he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him. |
| 18 | Though while he lives he blesses himself (For men will praise you when you do well for yourself), |
| 19 | He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see light. |
| 20 | A man who is in honor, yet does not understand, Is like the beasts that perish. |
| Psalms 50 (NKJV™) | |
| 1 | A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, Has spoken and called the earth From the rising of the sun to its going down. |
| 2 | Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God will shine forth. |
| 3 | Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent; A fire shall devour before Him, And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him. |
| 4 | He shall call to the heavens from above, And to the earth, that He may judge His people: |
| 5 | "Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice." |
| 6 | Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. Selah |
| 7 | "Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you; I am God, your God! |
| 8 | I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices Or your burnt offerings, Which are continually before Me. |
| 9 | I will not take a bull from your house, Nor goats out of your folds. |
| 10 | For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills. |
| 11 | I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are Mine. |
| 12 | "If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness. |
| 13 | Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats? |
| 14 | Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay your vows to the Most High. |
| 15 | Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me." |
| 16 | But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to declare My statutes, Or take My covenant in your mouth, |
| 17 | Seeing you hate instruction And cast My words behind you? |
| 18 | When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have been a partaker with adulterers. |
| 19 | You give your mouth to evil, 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 kept silent; You thought that I was altogether like you; But I will rebuke you, And set them in order before your eyes. |
| 22 | "Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, And there be none to deliver: |
| 23 | Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; And to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God." |
| Psalms 51 (NKJV™) | |
| 1 | To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. |
| 2 | Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. |
| 3 | For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. |
| 4 | Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight--That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge. |
| 5 | Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. |
| 6 | Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. |
| 7 | Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. |
| 8 | Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice. |
| 9 | Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities. |
| 10 | Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. |
| 11 | Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. |
| 12 | Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. |
| 13 | Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You. |
| 14 | Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness. |
| 15 | O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise. |
| 16 | For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. |
| 17 | The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart--These, O God, You will not despise. |
| 18 | Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 19 | Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar. |
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The Psalms were the songbook for worship for the ancient nation of Israel. Pastor Skip Heitzig examines these beautiful expressions of praise, supplication, and worship of God.
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