9 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever.

10 We meditated, O God, on thy goodness in the midst of thy temple.

11 As thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth; Thy right hand is full of righteousness.

12 Let Mount Zion rejoice, and let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of thy judgments, O Lord.

13 Go round about Zion, and go round about it, and number its towers;

14 Turn your heart to his fortifications, and consider his houses, to tell him to the generation to come,

15 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he shall be our ruler unto death.

Psalm 48

1 To the head of the choir. The sons of Korah. Psalm.

2 Hear these things, all ye nations; Give heed to this, all ye that dwell in the world,

3 And the common and the noble, the rich as well as the poor.

4 My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be knowledge.

5 I will incline my ear to the parable, and with the harp I will reveal my riddle:

6 "Why should I fear in the days of trouble, when the iniquity of my ways shall surround me?"

7 Those who trust in their strength, and boast in the abundance of their riches!

8 A man shall not redeem his brother in any way, nor give God a ransom for him.

9 дорога цена искупления души их, и не будет того вовек,

10 чтобы остался кто жить навсегда и не увидел могилы.

11 Каждый видит, что и мудрые умирают, равно как и невежды и бессмысленные погибают и оставляют имущество свое другим.

12 В мыслях у них, что домы их вечны, и что жилища их в род и род, и земли свои они называют своими именами.

13 Но человек в чести не пребудет; он уподобится животным, которые погибают.