4Q91 Psalms^j

Language: Hebrew

Date: About 50 A.D.

Location: Qumran Cave 4

Contents: Psalms 48:1-2,4,6,8; 49:5,8-11,14,16; 51:1-4 (Hebrew Psalms 48:1-3,5,7,9; 49:6, 9-12,15,17; 51:2-6)

 

Psalms 48

A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

1 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised,

in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,

is Mount Zion, on the north sides,

the city of the great King.

[..]

4 For, behold, the kings assembled themselves,

they passed by together.

[..]

6 Trembling took hold of them there,

pain, as of a woman in travail.

[..]

8 As we have heard, so we have seen,

in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God.

God will establish it forever.

Selah.

 

Psalms 49

5 Why should I fear in the days of evil,

when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

[..]

8 For the redemption of their life is costly,

no payment is ever enough,

9 that he should live on forever,

that he should not see corruption.

10 For he sees that wise men die;

likewise the fool and the senseless perish,

and leave their wealth to others.

11 Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever,

and their dwelling places to all generations.

They name their lands after themselves.

[..]

14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol.

Death shall be their shepherd.

The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning.

Their beauty shall decay in Sheol,

far from their mansion.

[..]

16 Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich,

when the glory of his house is increased;

[..]

Psalms 51

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.

According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.

Cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I know my transgressions.

My sin is constantly before me.

4 Against you, and you only, I have sinned,

and done that which is evil in your sight;

that you may be proved right when you speak,

and justified when you judge.