Psalms 48

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Unto the end. A Psalm to the sons of Korah.	1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Hear these things, all nations. Pay attention, all inhabitants of the world:	2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3 whoever is earth-born, you sons of men, together as one, the rich and the poor.	3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will speak prudence.	4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my case with the psaltery.	5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Why should I fear in the evil day? The iniquity at my heel will surround me.	6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Those who trust in their own strength and who glory in the multitude of their riches,	7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 no brother redeems, nor will man buy back. He will not give to God his appeasement,	8 As 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 for ever. Selah.
9 nor the price for the redemption of his soul. And he will labor continuously,	9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 and he will still live, until the end.	10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
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 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
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 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
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 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14 This way of theirs is a scandal to them. And afterwards, they will delight in their mouth.	14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
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.
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.