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Psalm 45-48
New American Standard Bible 1995

A Song Celebrating the King’s Marriage.

For the choir director; according to the [a]Shoshannim. A [b]Maskil of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love.

45 My heart [c]overflows with a good theme;
I [d]address my [e]verses to the [f]King;
My tongue is the pen of (A)a ready writer.
2 You are fairer than the sons of men;
(B)Grace is poured [g]upon Your lips;
Therefore God has (C)blessed You forever.

3 Gird (D)Your sword on Your thigh, O [h](E)Mighty One,
In Your splendor and Your majesty!
4 And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,
For the cause of truth and (F)meekness and righteousness;
Let Your (G)right hand teach You [i]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, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of (L)uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
7 You have (M)loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has (N)anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your fellows.
8 All Your garments are fragrant with (O)myrrh and aloes and cassia;
Out of ivory palaces (P)stringed instruments have made You glad.
9 Kings’ daughters are among (Q)Your noble ladies;
At Your (R)right hand stands the queen in (S)gold from Ophir.

10 Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear:
(T)Forget your people and your father’s house;
11 Then the King will desire 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)rich 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)led to the King (AA)in embroidered work;
The (AB)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 (AC)Your name to be remembered in all generations;
Therefore the peoples (AD)will give You thanks forever and ever.

God the Refuge of His People.

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, [j]set to Alamoth. A Song.

46 God is our (AE)refuge and strength,
[k]A very (AF)present help (AG)in [l]trouble.
2 Therefore we will (AH)not fear, though (AI)the earth should change
And though (AJ)the mountains slip into the heart of the [m]sea;
3 Though its (AK)waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. [n]Selah.

4 There is a (AL)river whose streams make glad the (AM)city of God,
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 [o]when morning dawns.
6 The [p]nations (AQ)made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;
He [q](AR)raised His voice, the earth (AS)melted.
7 The Lord of hosts (AT)is with us;
The God of Jacob is (AU)our stronghold. Selah.

8 Come, (AV)behold the works of the Lord,
[r]Who has wrought (AW)desolations in 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 “[s]Cease striving and (BA)know that I am God;
I will be (BB)exalted among the [t]nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.

God the King of the Earth.

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

47 O (BC)clap your hands, all peoples;
(BD)Shout to God with the voice of [u]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)glory of Jacob whom He loves. [v]Selah.

5 God has (BJ)ascended [w]with a shout,
The Lord, [x]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 [y]skillful psalm.
8 God (BP)reigns over the nations,
God [z]sits on (BQ)His holy throne.
9 The [aa](BR)princes of the people have assembled themselves as the (BS)people of the God of Abraham,
For the (BT)shields of the earth belong to God;
He [ab]is (BU)highly exalted.

The Beauty and Glory of Zion.

A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.

48 (BV)Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
In the (BW)city of our God, His (BX)holy mountain.
2 (BY)Beautiful in elevation, (BZ)the joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion in the far north,
The (CA)city of the great King.
3 God, in her palaces,
Has made Himself known as a (CB)stronghold.

4 For, lo, the (CC)kings assembled themselves,
They passed by together.
5 They saw it, then they were amazed;
They were (CD)terrified, they [ac]fled in alarm.
6 [ad]Panic seized them there,
Anguish, as of (CE)a woman in childbirth.
7 With the (CF)east wind
You (CG)break the (CH)ships of Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God;
God will (CI)establish her forever. [ae]Selah.

9 We have thought on (CJ)Your lovingkindness, O God,
In the midst of Your temple.
10 As is Your (CK)name, O God,
So is Your (CL)praise to the ends of the earth;
Your (CM)right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let Mount (CN)Zion be glad,
Let the (CO)daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your judgments.
12 Walk about Zion and go around her;
Count her (CP)towers;
13 Consider her (CQ)ramparts;
Go through her palaces,
That you may (CR)tell it to the next generation.
14 For [af]such is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will (CS)guide us [ag]until death.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 45:1 Or possibly Lilies
  2. Psalm 45:1 Possibly Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm
  3. Psalm 45:1 Lit is astir
  4. Psalm 45:1 Lit am saying
  5. Psalm 45:1 Lit works
  6. Psalm 45:1 Probably refers to Solomon as a type of Christ
  7. Psalm 45:2 Or through
  8. Psalm 45:3 Or warrior
  9. Psalm 45:4 Or fearful
  10. Psalm 46:1 Possibly for soprano voices
  11. Psalm 46:1 Or Abundantly available for help
  12. Psalm 46:1 Or tight places
  13. Psalm 46:2 Lit seas
  14. Psalm 46:3 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
  15. Psalm 46:5 Lit at the turning of the morning
  16. Psalm 46:6 Or Gentiles
  17. Psalm 46:6 Lit gave forth
  18. Psalm 46:8 Or Which He has wrought as desolations
  19. Psalm 46:10 Or Let go, relax
  20. Psalm 46:10 Or Gentiles
  21. Psalm 47:1 Or a ringing cry
  22. Psalm 47:4 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
  23. Psalm 47:5 Or amid
  24. Psalm 47:5 Or amid
  25. Psalm 47:7 Heb Maskil
  26. Psalm 47:8 Or has taken His seat
  27. Psalm 47:9 Or nobles
  28. Psalm 47:9 Lit has greatly exalted Himself
  29. Psalm 48:5 Lit were hurried away
  30. Psalm 48:6 Lit Trembling
  31. Psalm 48:8 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
  32. Psalm 48:14 Lit this
  33. Psalm 48:14 Lit upon; some mss and the Gr read forever
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