Daily Wisdom Plan

Psalms 46,47,48

Psalms 46

1To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, set to soprano voices. A Song. God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], A very present and well-proved help in trouble.

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

3Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains tremble at its roaring. Selah.

4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

5God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved; God will help her when the morning dawns.

6The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered and were moved; He raised His voice, the earth melted.

7The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

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 with fire.

10"Be still and know (recognize, 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 stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

Psalms 47

1To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all you people; Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy.

2For the LORD Most High is to be feared [and worshiped with awe-inspired reverence and obedience]; He is a great King over all the earth.

3He subdues peoples under us And nations under our feet.

4He chooses our inheritance for us, The glory and excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.

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 on His holy throne.

9The princes of the people have gathered together as the people of the God of Abraham, For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.

Psalms 48

1A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.

2Fair and beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth, Is Mount Zion [the City of David] in the far north, The city of the great King.

3God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

4For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They [came and] passed by together.

5They saw it, then they were amazed; They were stricken with terror, they fled in alarm.

6Panic seized them there, And pain, as that 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 her forever. Selah.

9We have thought of Your lovingkindness, 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, justice).

11Let Mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice Because of Your [righteous] judgments.

12Walk about Zion, go all around her; Count her towers,

13Consider her ramparts, Go through her palaces, That you may tell the next generation [about her glory].

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