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 toverflows with a good theme;
I address my verses to the King;
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

2 You are fairer than the sons of men;
Grace is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.

3 Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One,
In Your splendor and Your majesty!

4 And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,
For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.

5 Your arrows are sharp;
The peoples fall under You;
Your arrows are in the heart of the King's enemies.

6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your fellows.

8 All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;
Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.

9 Kings' daughters are among Your noble ladies;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

10 Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear:
Forget your people and your father's house;

11 Then the King will desire your beauty.
Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.

12 The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.

13 The King's daughter is all glorious within;
Her clothing is interwoven with gold.

14 She will be led to the King in embroidered work;
The virgins, 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 Your name to be remembered in all generations;
Therefore the peoples will 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 refuge and strength,
tA very present help in trouble.

2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;

3 Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.

4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

5 God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.

6 The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;
He raised His voice, the earth melted.

7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.

8 Come, behold the works of the LORD,
Who has wrought desolations in the earth.

9 He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariots with fire.

10 "Cease striving and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, 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 clap your hands, all peoples;
Shout to God with the voice of joy.

2 For the LORD Most High is to be feared,
A great King over all the earth.

3 He subdues peoples under us
And nations under our feet.

4 He chooses our inheritance for us,
The glory of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.

5 God has ascended with a shout,
The LORD, with the sound of a trumpet.

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises;
Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

7 For God is the King of all the earth;
Sing praises with a skillful psalm.

8 God reigns over the nations,
God sits on His holy throne.

9 The princes of the people have assembled themselves as the people of the God of Abraham,
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is highly exalted.