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8 For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye 13 Surround Sion, and encompass her: tell lye
wisely. in her towers.
9 God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth 14 Set your hearts on her strength; and dis-
on his holy throne. tribute her houses, that ye may relate it in an-
10 The princes of the people are gathered to- other generation.
gether, with the God of Abraham: for the strong 15 For this is God, our God unto eternity, and
gods of the earth are exceedingly exalted. for ever and ever: he shall rule us for evermore.

Chapter 47 Chapter 48

A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core, on
Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core.
the second day of the week.
2 Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear,
2 Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be
all ye inhabitants of the world.
praised in the city of our God, in his holy moun-
3 All you that are earthborn, and you sons of
tain.
men: both rich and poor together.
3 With the joy of the whole earth is mount
4 My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the
Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city
meditation of my heart understanding.
of the great king.
5 I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open
4 In her houses shall God be known, when he
my proposition on the psaltery.
shall protect her.
6 Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity
5 For behold the kings of the earth assembled
of my heel shall encompass me.
themselves: they gathered together.
7 They that trust in their own strength, and
6 So they saw, and they wondered, they were
troubled, they were moved: glory in the multitude of their riches,
7 Trembling took hold of them. There were 8 No brother can redeem, nor shall man re-
pains as of a woman in labour. deem: he shall not give to God his ransom,
8 With a vehement wind thou shalt break in 9 Nor the price of the redemption of his soul:
pieces the ships of Tharsis. and shall labour for ever,
9 As we have heard, so have we seen, in the 10 And shall still live unto the end.
city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: 11 He shall not see destruction, when he shall
God hath founded it for ever. see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool
10 We have received thy mercy, O God, in the shall perish together: And they shall leave their
midst of thy temple. riches to strangers:
11 According to thy name, O God, so also is 12 And their sepulchres shall be their houses
thy praise kunto the ends of the earth: thy right for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations:
hand is full of justice. they have called their lands by their names.
12 Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters 13 And man when he was in honour did not
of Juda be glad; because of thy judgments, O understand; he is compared to senseless beasts,
Lord. and is become like to them.