Psalms Of Holy City

Psalm 46

A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

A Song.

To the choirmaster.

According to Alamoth.

1 God is our refuge and strength,

a very present help in trouble.

2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth

should change,

though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;

3 though its waters roar and foam,

though the mountains tremble with its tumult.

4 There is a river whose streams

make glad the city of God,

the holy habitation of the Most High.

5 God is in the midst of her,

she shall not be moved;

God will help her right early.

6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;

he utters his voice, the earth melts.

7 The Lord of the Hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our refuge.

8 Come, behold the works of the Lord,

how He has wrought desolations in the earth.

9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;

He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear,

He burns the chariots with fire!

10 "Be still, and know that I am God.

I am exalted among the nations,

I am exalted in the earth!"

11 The Lord of the Hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our refuge.

Psalm 87

A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

A Song.

1 On the holy mount stands the city He founded;

2 the Lord loves the gates of Zion

more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

3 Glorious things are spoken of you,

O city of God.

4 Among those who know me I mention

Rahab and Babylon;

behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia—

"this one was born there," they say.

5 And of Zion it shall be said,

"This one and that one were born in her";

for the Most High Himself will establish Her.

6 The Lord records as He registers the peoples,

"This one was born there."

7 Singers and dancers alike say,

"All my springs are in you."

Psalm 122

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

1 I was glad when they said to me,

"Let us go to the house of the Lord!"

2 Our feet have been standing

within your gates, O Jerusalem!

3 Jerusalem, built as a city

which is bound firmly together,

4 to which the tribes go up,

the tribes of the Lord,

as was decreed for Israel,

to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

5 There thrones for judgment were set,

the thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

"May they prosper who love you!

7 Peace be within your walls,

and security within your towers!"

8 For my brethren and companions' sake

I will say, "Peace be within you!"

9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,

I will seek your good.

Psalm 132

A Song of Ascents.

1 Remember, O Lord, in David's favour,

all the hardships he endured;

2 how he swore to the Lord

and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,

3 "I will not enter my house

or get into my bed;

4 I will not give sleep to my eyes

or slumber to my eyelids,

5 until I find a place for the Lord,

a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."

6 Lo, we heard of it in Eph'rathah,

we found it in the fields of Ja'ar.

7 "Let us go to His dwelling place;

let us worship at His footstool!"

8 Arise, O Lord, and go to thy resting place,

thou and the ark of thy might.

9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness,

and let thy saints shout for joy.

10 For thy servant David's sake

do not turn away the face of thy anointed one.

11 The Lord swore to David a sure oath

from which He will not turn back:

"One of the sons of your body

I will set on your throne.

12 If your sons keep my covenant

and my testimonies which I shall teach them,

their sons also forever

shall sit upon your throne."

13 For the Lord has chosen Zion;

he has desired it for His habitation:

14 "This is my resting place forever;

here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

15 I will abundantly bless her provisions;

I will satisfy her poor with bread.

16 Her priests I will clothe with salvation,

and her saints will shout for joy.

17 There I will make a horn to sprout for David;

I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

18 His enemies I will clothe with shame,

but upon himself his crown will shed its lustre."