PSALM 45

A Song Celebrating the King’s Marriage.

For the choir director; according to the †Shoshannim. A •Maskil of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love.

1 My heart 1overflows with a good theme;

I 2address my 3verses to the 4King;

My tongue is the pen of aa ready writer.

2 You are fairer than the sons of men;

aGrace is poured 1upon Your lips;

Therefore God has bblessed You forever.

3 Gird aYour sword on Your thigh, O 1bMighty One,

In Your splendor and Your majesty!

4 And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,

For the cause of truth and ameekness and righteousness;

Let Your bright hand teach You 1awesome things.

5 Your aarrows are sharp;

The bpeoples fall under You;

Your arrows are cin the heart of the King’s enemies.

6 aYour throne, O God, is forever and ever;

A scepter of buprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

7 You have aloved righteousness and hated wickedness;

Therefore God, Your God, has banointed You

With the oil of joy above Your fellows.

8 All Your garments are fragrant with amyrrh and aloes and cassia;

Out of ivory palaces bstringed instruments have made You glad.

9 Kings’ daughters are among aYour noble ladies;

At Your bright hand stands the queen in cgold from Ophir.

10 Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear:

aForget your people and your father’s house;

11 Then the King will desire your beauty.

Because He is your aLord, bbow down to Him.

12 The daughter of aTyre will come with a gift;

The brich among the people will seek your favor.

13 The King’s daughter is all glorious within;

Her clothing is ainterwoven with gold.

14 She will be aled to the King bin embroidered work;

The cvirgins, her companions who follow her,

Will be brought to You.

15 They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing;

They will enter into the King’s palace.

16 In place of your fathers will be your sons;

You shall make them princes in all the earth.

17 I will cause aYour name to be remembered in all generations;

Therefore the peoples bwill give You thanks forever and ever.

PSALM 46

God the Refuge of His People.

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, †set to Alamoth. A Song.

1 God is our arefuge and strength,

1A very bpresent help cin 2trouble.

2 Therefore we will anot fear, though bthe earth should change

And though cthe mountains slip into the heart of the 1sea;

3 Though its awaters roar and foam,

Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride.

1Selah.

4 There is a ariver whose streams make glad the bcity of God,

The holy cdwelling places of the Most High.

5 God is ain the midst of her, she will not be moved;

God will bhelp her 1when morning dawns.

6 The 1nations amade an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;

He 2braised His voice, the earth cmelted.

7 The Lord of hosts ais with us;

The God of Jacob is bour stronghold.

Selah.

8 Come, abehold the works of the Lord,

1Who has wrought bdesolations in the earth.

9 He amakes wars to cease to the end of the earth;

He bbreaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;

He cburns the chariots with fire.

10 “1Cease striving and aknow that I am God;

I will be bexalted among the 2nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

11 The Lord of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is our stronghold.

Selah.

PSALM 47

God the King of the Earth.

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1 O aclap your hands, all peoples;

bShout to God with the voice of 1joy.

2 For the Lord Most High is to be afeared,

A bgreat King over all the earth.

3 He asubdues peoples under us

And nations under our feet.

4 He chooses our ainheritance for us,

The bglory of Jacob whom He loves.

1Selah.

5 God has aascended 1with a shout,

The Lord, 1with the bsound of a trumpet.

6 aSing praises to God, sing praises;

Sing praises to bour King, sing praises.

7 For God is the aKing of all the earth;

Sing praises bwith a 1skillful psalm.

8 God areigns over the nations,

God 1sits on bHis holy throne.

9 The 1aprinces of the people have assembled themselves as the bpeople of the God of Abraham,

For the cshields of the earth belong to God;

He 2is dhighly exalted.