Psalms Psalms 46-50 Summary

Psalm 46

• In this psalm, God has total mastery over the natural world, the battlefield, and people. Check, check, and check.

Psalm 47

• Turn the music on, people. It's time to party because God is on top.

Psalm 48

• Zion (a.k.a. Jerusalem) is apparently so beautiful that it sent every other king in the district running. Wishful thinking or historical fact? Read up, and you decide.

Psalm 49

• Here, the writer points out that the rich can't take their money with them when they die. Still true today—fancy that.

Psalm 50

• God doesn't just want sacrifices; he wants verbal acknowledgement. And some R-E-S-P-E-C-T.