Psalms 48

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Unto the end. A Psalm to the sons of Korah.	1 A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core, on the second day of the week.
2 Hear these things, all nations. Pay attention, all inhabitants of the world:	2 Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
3 whoever is earth-born, you sons of men, together as one, the rich and the poor.	3 With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king.
4 My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will speak prudence.	4 In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.
5 I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my case with the psaltery.	5 For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: they gathered together.
6 Why should I fear in the evil day? The iniquity at my heel will surround me.	6 So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved:
7 Those who trust in their own strength and who glory in the multitude of their riches,	7 trembling took hold of them. There were pains as of a woman in labour.
8 no brother redeems, nor will man buy back. He will not give to God his appeasement,	8 With a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis.
9 nor the price for the redemption of his soul. And he will labor continuously,	9 As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God hath founded it for ever.
10 and he will still live, until the end.	10 We have received thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
11 He will not see death, when he sees the wise dying: the foolish and the senseless will perish together. And they will leave their riches to strangers.	11 According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of justice.
12 And their sepulchers will be their houses forever, their tabernacles from generation to generation. They have called their names in their own lands.	12 Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad; because of thy judgments, O Lord.
13 And man, when he was held in honor, did not understand. He has been compared to the senseless beasts, and he has become like them.	13 Surround Sion, and encompass her: tell ye in her towers.
14 This way of theirs is a scandal to them. And afterwards, they will delight in their mouth.	14 Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, that ye may relate it in another generation.
15 They have been placed in Hell like sheep. Death will feed on them. And the just will have dominion over them in the morning. And their help will grow old in Hell for their glory.	15 For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and ever: he shall rule us for evermore.
16 Even so, truly God will redeem my soul from the hand of Hell, when he will receive me.
17 Do not be afraid, when a man will have been made rich, and when the glory of his house will have been multiplied.
18 For when he dies, he will take nothing away, and his glory will not descend with him.
19 For his soul will be blessed in his lifetime, and he will admit to you when you do good to him.
20 He will even enter with the progeny of his fathers, but, even in eternity, he will not see the light.
21 Man, when he was in honor, did not understand. He has been compared to the senseless beasts, and he has become like them.