Psalm 45-47 New American Standard Bible
A Song Celebrating the King’s Marriage.
For the music director; according to the [a]Shoshannim. A [b]Maskil of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love.
45 My heart is moved with a good theme;
I [c]address my [d]verses to the [e]King;
My tongue is the pen of (A)a ready writer.
2 You are the most handsome of the sons of mankind;
(B)Grace is poured [f]upon Your lips;
Therefore God has (C)blessed You forever.
3 Strap (D)Your sword on Your thigh, [g](E)Mighty One,
In Your splendor and majesty!
4 And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,
For the cause of truth, (F)humility, and righteousness;
Let Your (G)right hand teach You [h]awesome things.
5 Your (H)arrows are sharp;
The (I)peoples fall under You;
Your arrows are (J)in the heart of the King’s enemies.
6 (K)Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
(L)The scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
7 You have (M)loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has (N)anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your companions.
8 All Your garments are fragrant with (O)myrrh, aloes, and cassia;
From ivory palaces (P)stringed instruments have made You joyful.
9 Kings’ daughters are among (Q)Your noble women;
At Your (R)right hand stands the queen in (S)gold from Ophir.
10 Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear:
(T)Forget your people and your father’s house;
11 Then the King will crave your beauty.
Because He is your (U)Lord, (V)bow down to Him.
12 The daughter of (W)Tyre will come with a gift;
The (X)wealthy among the people will seek your favor.
13 The King’s daughter is all glorious within;
Her clothing is (Y)interwoven with gold.
14 She will be (Z)brought to the King (AA)in colorful garments;
The (AB)virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.
15 They will be brought with joy 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 make (AC)Your name known among all generations;
Therefore the peoples (AD)will praise You forever and ever.
God, the Refuge of His People.
For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, [i]set to Alamoth. A Song.
46 God is our (AE)refuge and strength,
A [j]very (AF)ready help (AG)in [k]trouble.
2 Therefore we will (AH)not fear, though (AI)the earth shakes
And (AJ)the mountains slip into the heart of the [l]sea;
3 Though its (AK)waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah
4 There is a (AL)river whose streams make the (AM)city of God happy,
The holy (AN)dwelling places of the Most High.
5 God is (AO)in the midst of her, she will not be moved;
God will (AP)help her [m]when morning dawns.
6 The [n]nations (AQ)made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;
He [o](AR)raised His voice, the earth (AS)quaked.
7 The Lord of armies (AT)is with us;
The God of Jacob is (AU)our stronghold. Selah
8 Come, (AV)behold the works of the Lord,
[p]Who has inflicted (AW)horrific events on the earth.
9 He (AX)makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He (AY)breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He (AZ)burns the chariots with fire.
10 “[q]Stop striving and (BA)know that I am God;
I will be (BB)exalted among the [r]nations, I will be exalted on the earth.”
11 The Lord of armies is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah
God, the King of the Earth.
For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
47 (BC)Clap your hands, all you peoples;
(BD)Shout to God with a voice of joy.
2 For the Lord Most High is to be (BE)feared,
A (BF)great King over all the earth.
3 He (BG)subdues peoples under us
And nations under our feet.
4 He chooses our (BH)inheritance for us,
The (BI)pride of Jacob whom He loves. Selah
5 God has (BJ)ascended [s]with a shout,
The Lord, [t]with the (BK)sound of a trumpet.
6 (BL)Sing praises to God, sing praises;
Sing praises to (BM)our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the (BN)King of all the earth;
Sing praises (BO)with a psalm of wisdom.
8 God (BP)reigns over the nations,
God [u]sits on (BQ)His holy throne.
9 The [v](BR)princes of the people have assembled as the (BS)people of the God of Abraham,
For the (BT)shields of the earth belong to God;
He is (BU)highly exalted.
Footnotes
- Psalm 45 Title Or possibly Lilies
- Psalm 45 Title Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Wisdom Psalm
- Psalm 45:1 Lit am saying
- Psalm 45:1 Lit works
- Psalm 45:1 Prob. refers to a Davidic king as a type of Christ
- Psalm 45:2 Or through
- Psalm 45:3 Or Warrior
- Psalm 45:4 Or fearful
- Psalm 46 Title Possibly for soprano voices
- Psalm 46:1 Lit help easily found
- Psalm 46:1 Or needs
- Psalm 46:2 Lit seas
- Psalm 46:5 Lit at the turning of the morning
- Psalm 46:6 Or Gentiles
- Psalm 46:6 Lit gave forth
- Psalm 46:8 Or Which He has inflicted as desolations
- Psalm 46:10 Or Let go, relax
- Psalm 46:10 Or Gentiles
- Psalm 47:5 Or amid
- Psalm 47:5 Or amid
- Psalm 47:8 Or has taken His seat
- Psalm 47:9 Or nobles
Cross references
- Psalm 45:1 : Ezra 7:6
- Psalm 45:2 : Luke 4:22
- Psalm 45:2 : Ps 21:6
- Psalm 45:3 : Heb 4:12; Rev 1:16
- Psalm 45:3 : Is 9:6
- Psalm 45:4 : Zeph 2:3
- Psalm 45:4 : Ps 21:8
- Psalm 45:5 : Ps 18:14; 120:4; Is 5:28; 7:13
- Psalm 45:5 : Ps 92:9
- Psalm 45:5 : 2 Sam 18:14
- Psalm 45:6 : Ps 93:2; Heb 1:8, 9
- Psalm 45:6 : Ps 98:9
- Psalm 45:7 : Ps 11:7; 33:5
- Psalm 45:7 : Ps 2:2
- Psalm 45:8 : Song 4:14; John 19:39
- Psalm 45:8 : Ps 150:4
- Psalm 45:9 : Song 6:8
- Psalm 45:9 : 1 Kin 2:19
- Psalm 45:9 : 1 Kin 9:28; Is 13:12
- Psalm 45:10 : Deut 21:13; Ruth 1:16, 17
- Psalm 45:11 : Gen 18:12; 1 Pet 3:6
- Psalm 45:11 : Eph 5:33
- Psalm 45:12 : Ps 87:4
- Psalm 45:12 : Ps 22:29; 68:29; 72:10, 11; Is 49:23
- Psalm 45:13 : Ex 39:2, 3
- Psalm 45:14 : Song 1:4
- Psalm 45:14 : Judg 5:30; Ezek 16:10
- Psalm 45:14 : Ps 45:9
- Psalm 45:17 : Mal 1:11
- Psalm 45:17 : Ps 138:4
- Psalm 46:1 : Ps 14:6; 62:7, 8
- Psalm 46:1 : Deut 4:7; Ps 145:18
- Psalm 46:1 : Ps 9:9
- Psalm 46:2 : Ps 23:4; 27:1
- Psalm 46:2 : Ps 82:5
- Psalm 46:2 : Ps 18:7
- Psalm 46:3 : Ps 93:3, 4; Jer 5:22
- Psalm 46:4 : Ps 36:8; 65:9; Is 8:6; Rev 22:1
- Psalm 46:4 : Ps 48:1; 87:3; 101:8; Is 60:14; Rev 3:12
- Psalm 46:4 : Ps 43:3
- Psalm 46:5 : Deut 23:14; Is 12:6; Ezek 43:7, 9; Hos 11:9; Joel 2:27; Zech 2:5
- Psalm 46:5 : Ps 37:40; Is 41:14; Luke 1:54
- Psalm 46:6 : Ps 2:1, 2
- Psalm 46:6 : Ps 18:13; 68:33; Jer 25:30; Joel 2:11; Amos 1:2
- Psalm 46:6 : Amos 9:5; Mic 1:4; Nah 1:5
- Psalm 46:7 : Num 14:9; 2 Chr 13:12
- Psalm 46:7 : Ps 9:9; 48:3
- Psalm 46:8 : Ps 66:5
- Psalm 46:8 : Is 61:4; Jer 51:43
- Psalm 46:9 : Is 2:4; Mic 4:3
- Psalm 46:9 : 1 Sam 2:4; Ps 76:3
- Psalm 46:9 : Is 9:5; Ezek 39:9
- Psalm 46:10 : Ps 100:3
- Psalm 46:10 : Is 2:11, 17
- Psalm 47:1 : Ps 98:8
- Psalm 47:1 : Ps 106:47
- Psalm 47:2 : Deut 7:21; Neh 1:5; Ps 66:3, 5; 68:35
- Psalm 47:2 : Mal 1:14
- Psalm 47:3 : Ps 18:47
- Psalm 47:4 : 1 Pet 1:4
- Psalm 47:4 : Amos 6:8; 8:7; Nah 2:2
- Psalm 47:5 : Ps 68:18
- Psalm 47:5 : Ps 98:6
- Psalm 47:6 : Ps 68:4
- Psalm 47:6 : Ps 89:18
- Psalm 47:7 : Zech 14:9
- Psalm 47:7 : 1 Cor 14:15
- Psalm 47:8 : 1 Chr 16:31; Ps 22:28
- Psalm 47:8 : Ps 97:2
- Psalm 47:9 : Ps 72:11; 102:22; Is 49:7, 23
- Psalm 47:9 : Rom 4:11, 12
- Psalm 47:9 : Ps 89:18
- Psalm 47:9 : Ps 97:9
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