Psalm 48:1-14 Book# 2 of Psalms

 

A Song & Psalm for the sons of Korah.

Psalm 48:1-14            Book# 2 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

In the city of our God, Great is the Lord & greatly to be praised, in the mountain of His holiness.

[Psalm 66:4-6 All the earth shall worship You & shall sing to You. They shall sing to Your Name. Selah. Come & see the [miracles] of God. He is [awesome] in [what] He does toward the children of men. He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the flood on foot & we did rejoice in Him there.]

Mount Zion, the city of the great King, [is] [beautifully situated,] on the sides of the north, the joy of the whole earth. [Psalm 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined.]

God is known in [Mount Zion's] palaces, [as] a refuge. For, [look,] the kings were assembled together & passed by [it] together. So, they marveled, [when] they saw it. They were troubled & [hurried] away. Fear took hold [of] them there, [like] the pain of a woman in [childbirth.]

[Exodus 15:13-18 You in Your mercy has led the people [out, whom] You have redeemed. You have guided them in Your strength to Your holy [residence.] The people shall hear & be afraid. Sorrow shall take hold of [Philistia's] inhabitants.

Then, the dukes of Edom shall be amazed. Trembling shall take hold of the mighty men of Moab. All [Canaan's] inhabitants shall melt away. Fear & [anxiety] shall fall upon them.

By the greatness of Your arm, they shall be as still as a [rock, until] the people pass over. O Lord, [until] the people pass over, [whom] You have purchased. You shall bring them in, O Lord, in the Sanctuary, which Your hands have established. The Lord shall [rule] forever & ever.]

You break the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. [Just] as we heard, we have [also] seen in the city of the Lord of Hosts, in the city of our God. God will establish [the city] forever. Selah.

In the midst of Your temple, we have thought of Your loving kindness. Your right hand is full of righteousness. O God, according to Your Name, so is Your praise unto the ends of the earth.

[Malachi 1:11 From [sunrise] even to [sunset,] My Name shall be great among the Gentiles & in every place that incense shall be offered to My Name. A pure offering to My Name, shall be great among the heathen, says the Lord of Hosts.]

Let Mount Zion rejoice & let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of Your judgments. Walk [around] Zion & go [around] her & [count its] towers. [Remember] you well, her [castle walls.] Consider her palaces, [so] you may tell it to the following generation.

For this God, is our God forever & ever. He will be our guide, even to death. [Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil. For You are with me. Your rod & Your staff, they comfort me.]

Psalm 47:1-9 Book# 2 of Psalms

 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

Psalm 47:1-9            Book# 2 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

O, all you people, clap your hands & shout to God with the voice of triumph. For the Lord Most High is [awesome.] He is a great King over all the earth.

[Nehemiah 1:5 And I said, I [beg,] You, O Lord God of heaven, the great & [awesome] God, [Who] keeps covenant [contracts] & mercy for [those who] love Him & [obey] His commandments.]

He shall [defeat] the people under us & the nations under our feet. He shall choose our inheritance for us, the [excellence] of Jacob [a.k.a. Israel,] whom He loved. Selah. God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

[2 Samuel 6:15 So, David & all the house of Israel brought up the Ark of the Lord with shouting & with the sound of the trumpet.]

Sing praises to God, sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth. Sing you praises with understanding. [1 Timothy 6:14-15 That you [are to] keep this commandment, without spot & [without blame,] until the [appearance] of our Lord Jesus Christ:

[Who] in His [Own time,] He shall [make visible, God, Who] is the blessed & only [Ruler,] the King of kings & Lord of lords.]

God [rules] over the heathen. God sits upon the throne of His holiness. [Acts 10:43-45 All the prophets give witness to Him, that through His Name, [whoever] believes in Him shall receive [forgiveness] of sins.

While Peter [still spoke] these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all [those who] heard the Word. And [those who were circumcised, who] believed, were astonished, [that] as many [who] came with Peter, the gift of the Holy Ghost was poured out on the Gentiles also.]

The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted. [Psalm 33:20 Our soul waits for the Lord. He is our help & our shield.]

Psalm 46:1-11 Book#2 of Psalms

 

To the chief Musician for the son of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.

Psalm 46:1-11            Book#2 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

God is our strength & refuge, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we won't [be afraid, even] though the earth [is] removed; though the mountains [are] carried into the midst of the sea; though [its] waters roar & [are] troubled, though the mountains shake with [their] swelling. Selah.

There is a river & [its] streams which shall make the city of the Most High God & the Holy Place of the tabernacles, glad. [Revelation 22:1-3 And he [showed] me a pure river of [the] Water of Life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God & of the Lamb.

In the [middle] of [its] street & on either side of the river, there was the Tree of Life, which [bore] 12 [types] of fruits & yielded [its] fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse. But the [thrones] of God & of the Lamb shall be in it. And His servants shall serve Him.]

God is in the midst of her & she shall not be [removed.] God shall help her & [at daybreak.] The heathen [were enraged] & the kingdoms were [removed.] He uttered His voice & the earth melted.

[Joshua 24:11-14 And you went over [the] Jordan [River] & came to Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you & the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites & the Jebusites. And I delivered them into your hand.

And I sent the [hornets] before you, which [drove] them out from [in front of ] you. Even the 2 kings of the Amorites, but not with your sword, nor with your bow. And I have given you a land, which you didn't [work] for & cities, you [didn't] build & you [live] in them.

And you eat of [the] vineyards & [olive groves] you [didn't] plant.] Therefore, now fear [respect] the Lord & serve Him in sincerity & in truth. And put away the gods [that your [forefathers] served [before] the flood & in Egypt & serve the Lord.]

The Lord of Hosts is with us. The God of Jacob [a.k.a. Israel] is our refuge. Selah. Come, [look at the miracles] of the Lord, what desolations He has made in the earth. He makes wars to [stop until] the end of the earth. He breaks the bow & cuts the spear [into pieces.] He burns the chariot in the fire.

[Isaiah 2:4-5 And He shall judge among the nations & shall [chastise] many people. And they shall beat their swords into plowshares & their spears into pruning hooks. Nations shall not lift up sword against nation & neither shall they learn war any more. O house of Jacob, come & let us [follow] in the Light of the Lord.]

Be still & know I am God. I will be exalted among the heathen. [Ezekiel 39:7 So, I will make My Holy Name known in the midst of My people, Israel. And I won't let them [profane] My Holy Name any more. And the heathen shall know that I Am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.]

I will be exalted [on] the earth. The Lord of Hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 45:1-17 Book# 2 of Psalms

 

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil [a.k.a. Maskil,] A Song of [Love.]

Psalm 45:1-17            Book# 2 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

My heart is [composing] [what is] a [virtuous] matter. My tongue is the pen of a [prepared] writer. I speak of things [I have expressed about] the king. You are [more fair] than the children of men. Therefore, God has blessed you forever & has poured grace into your lips.

[Strap up] your sword upon your thigh, O most mighty, with your glory & your majesty. In your majesty, ride & [prosper, on behalf of:] truth, [humility] & righteousness.

And your right hand shall teach you terrible things. Your arrows are sharp [within] the heart of the king's enemies. [By this,] the people fall under you.

* O God, Your throne is forever & ever. The scepter of Your kingdom is a [righteous] scepter. [Psalm 93:2 Your throne [was] established of old. You are from everlasting.]

You love righteousness & hate wickedness. Therefore, God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your [companions.] All your [clothing] smells of myrrh, aloes & cassia, out of the ivory palaces, [which] have made you glad.

KIng's daughters were among your honorable women. [At] your right hand, the queen in [the] gold of Ophir [stood.]  [Pay attention] & [lean] your ear [to hear,] O daughter & consider [forgetting] your own people & your father's house.

[Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, [Don't ask] me not to leave you, or to return from following after you. For [where] you [go,] I will go. And where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people & your God, [shall be] my God.]

The king shall greatly desire Your beauty. For [God] is your Lord & you worship Him. The daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift, even the rich people shall [seek] your favor.

The king's [daughter's] clothing is of [fashioned] gold & within her, is glorious. She shall be brought to the king in [clothing] of needlework. Her companions, the virgins, [who] follow her, shall be brought to you.

They shall be brought with gladness & rejoicing & they shall enter into the king's palace. Instead of your [forefathers,] shall be your children, whom you may make princes [throughout] the earth.

I will make your name remembered [through] all generations. Therefore, the people shall praise you forever & ever.

Psalm 44:1-26 Book# 2 of Psalms

 

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil [a.k.a. Maskil.]

Psalm 44:1-26            Book# 2 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

With our [own] ears, we have heard, O God, what our [forefathers] told us, [Your] work You did in their days, in [ancient] times. How You [drove] out the heathen with Your hand & planted [our forefathers.]

[Exodus 12:25-27 And it shall [happen,] when you come to the land [that] the Lord will give you, according [to His promise,] that you shall keep this service. And it shall [happen,] when your children shall say to you, What [do] you mean by this service?

You shall say, it is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, Who passed over the [houses] of the children [people] of Egypt, when He [struck] the Egyptians & delivered our [houses.] And the people bowed [their heads] & worshiped.]

How You afflicted the people & cast them out. For they [didn't] get the land [as a] possession by their own sword. Neither did their own arm save them. But Your right hand & Your arm & the Light of Your [appearance,] because You [favored] them.

[Joshua 24:11-14 And you went over [the] Jordan [River] & came into Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you & the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites & the Jebusites. And I delivered them into your hand. And I sent the [hornets in front of] you, which [drove] them out from before you.

Even the 2 kings of the Amorites, but not with your sword, nor with your bow. And I have given you a land, for which you didn't [work] & cities, [that] you [didn't] build & you [live] in them. [And] you eat [from] vineyards & [olive groves,] which you [didn't plant.]

Therefore, now fear [respect] the Lord & serve Him in sincerity & in truth. And put away the gods [that] your [forefathers] served [before] the flood & in Egypt & serve the Lord.]

O God, You are my King. Command [deliverance] for Jacob [a.k.a. Israel.] We will push down our enemies, through You. Through Your Name, we will [trample down those who] rise up against us.

For I won't trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But You have saved us from our enemies & have put [those who hate] us to shame. In God, we boast all the day long & praise Your Name forever. Selah.

[Jeremiah 9:24 But let him [who boasts, boast] in this, that he understands & knows Me. I Am the Lord, [who delivers] loving kindness, [justice] & righteousness, in the earth. For I delight in these things, says the Lord.]

But You [don't go out] with our armies & have cast off & put us to shame. You make us [return] back from the enemy. And [those who] hate us, [plunder] us for themselves. You have given us, like sheep [scheduled to become food.] And have scattered us among the heathen.

[Ezekiel 6:8-10 [Still,] I will leave a remnant, [so] you may have some [who] shall escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered through the countries. And [those] of you [who] escape, shall remember Me among the nations [where] they shall be carried captives.

Because I am broken [by] their [unfaithful hearts, like harlots,] that have departed from Me. And with their eyes, go [unfaithfully] after their idols. And they shall loathe themselves for the [evil] they have committed, [by] all their abominations. And they shall know that I Am the Lord & that I haven't said in vain, that I would [bring this calamity on] them.]

You sell Your people for [nothing] & don't increase your wealth by their price. You make us a [disgrace] to our neighbors, [looked down upon & mocked by those who are around] us. You make us [infamous] among the heathen & a [reason to shake heads] among the people.

My [dishonor] is continually before me & my face [is] covered [with] shame. [Because of] the enemy & [punisher] & the voice of him [who reprimands & insults] me. All this [has] come upon us, [still] we haven't forgotten You. Neither have we dealt falsely [regarding] Your covenant [contract.]

[Daniel 9:13-15 As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil [has] come upon us. [Still,] we [didn't] make our prayer before the Lord our God, [so] that we might turn from our [sins] & understand the truth. Therefore, the Lord has watched upon the evil & brought it upon us.

For the Lord our God is righteous in all His [deeds] He does. For we [didn't] obey His voice. And now, O Lord our God, [Who] has brought Your people [forward] out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand [that made] You [famous, like it is] this day; we have sinned & we have done wickedly.]

Our [hearts haven't] turned [away] & our steps [haven't departed] from Your [path, although,] You have [severely] broken us, in the place of [jackals] & covered us with the shadow of death. If we have forgotten the Name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god, [wouldn't] God search this out?

For He knows the secrets of the heart. [Yet,] for Your sake, we are killed all the day long. We are [considered like] sheep for the slaughter. O Lord, why [do] You sleep? [Wake up.]

Arise & [don't] cast us off forever. [Why do] You hide Your face & forget our affliction & oppression? For our soul is bowed down to the [dirt] & our belly [clings] to the [ground.] Arise, for our help & redeem us for Your mercies' sake.

Psalm 43:1-5 Book# 2 of Psalms

 

Psalm 43:1-5            Book# 2 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

O God, judge me & plead my [case] against an ungodly nation. O deliver me from the deceitful & [unfair] man. For You are the God of my strength. Why do You cast me off? Why [do] I go mourning, because of the oppression of the enemy?

[Psalm 119:98 Through Your commandments, You have made me wiser than [my] enemies. For [Your commandments] are [always] with me.]

O send out Your Light & Your Truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me into Your holy hill & to Your tabernacles. [1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the LIght [like] He is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another & the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.]

Then I will go to the altar of God & I will praise you, O God, my God, [in] my exceeding joy, to God, upon the harp. Why are you [downcast,] O my soul? And why are you so [upset] within me? Hope in God: for I shall [still] praise Him, Who is the [Salvation] of my [appearance] & my God.

[Revelation 7:15-17 Therefore, they are before the throne of God & serve Him day & night in His temple. And He, [Who] sits on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall no [longer] hunger & neither thirst any more.

Neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb, [Who] is in the [middle] of the throne, shall feed them & shall lead them to Living Fountains of waters. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.]

Psalm 42:1-11 Book# 2 of Psalms

 

To the chief Musician, Maschil [a.k.a. Maskil,] for the sons of Korah.

Psalm 42:1-11           Book# 2 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

As the [deer] pants after the water [in] brooks, my soul [also,] pants after You, O God. My soul thirsts for God. When shall I come & appear before God, the living God?

[Romans 9:26 And it shall [happen,] that in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people; there, they shall be called the children of the Living God.]

My tears have been my [food] day & night, while they continually say to me, Where is Your God? [Psalm 80:5 You feed them with bread of tears & give them tears to drink in [large amounts.]

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul [within] me. For I had gone with the multitude & went with them, with the [voices] of joy & praise, to the house of God, with a multitude that kept [the holy day.]

O my soul, why are you [downcast?] Why are you [upset within] me? [Because of] your hope in God, I shall [still] praise Him for His [appearance & help.] O my God, my soul is [downcast] within me. Therefore, I will remember You from the land of Jordan & the Hermonites, from the hill of Mizar [a.k.a. Mount Mizar.]

Deep [waters] call unto the deep, at the [sound] of Your waterspouts. All Your waves & Your billows [overflow] me. [Jonah 2:3 For You have cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas & the floods [surrounded around] me. All Your billows & Your waves [flooded] over me.]

[Still,] the Lord will command His loving kindness in the daytime & in the night. His song shall be with me & my prayer to the God of my life. [Job 35:10 But none say, Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night?]

I will say to God, my Rock, What have You forgotten me? Why [do] I go mourning, because of the oppression of the enemy? [Matthew 27:46 And about the 9th hour, Jesus cried [out] with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lam sabachthani? That is to say, My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?]

[Like] a sword [piercing] in my bones, [my] enemies [disgrace] me, while they say daily to me, Where is Your God? [Matthew 27:39-43 And [those who] passed by [insulted] Him, wagging their heads & saying, You, [Who] destroys the temple & builds it in 3 days, save Yourself.

If You [are] the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise, also the chief priests [mocked] Him, with the scribes & elders & said, He saved others. He cannot save Himself.

If He [is] the King of Israel, let Him come down now from the cross & we will believe Him. He trusted in God. Let [God] deliver Him now, if [God] will have Him. For He said, I Am the Son of God.]

Why are you so [downcast,] O my soul. And why are you so [upset] within me? [Because of] your hope in God, I shall [still] praise Him, Who is the [Salvation] of my [appearance] & my God.

[Psalm 45:5-6 Your arrows are shar in the [hearts] of the king's enemies, [by which] the people fall under You. Your throne, O God, is forever & ever. Your [scepter] of Your Kingdom is a [righteous scepter.]