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Psalm 45 - 47

Your Throne, O God, Is Forever

For the choir director. According to Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. A Maskil. A Song of Love.

My heart overflows with a good theme;
I address my verses to the King;
My tongue is the pen of a skillful scribe.
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 companions.
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 present;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.

13
The King’s daughter is all glorious within her chamber;
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 set them up as princes in all the earth.
17
I will cause Your name to be remembered from generation to every generation;
Therefore the peoples will give You thanks forever and ever.

God Is Our Refuge and Strength

For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song.

God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains shake into the heart of the sea;
3
Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its lofty 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 shaken;
God will help her when morning dawns.
6
The nations roar, the kingdoms shake;
He gives His voice, the earth melts.
7
Yahweh of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.

8
Come, behold the works of Yahweh,
Who has appointed desolations in the earth.
9
He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts up the spear;
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
Yahweh of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.

God Is King of All the Earth

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

O clap your hands, all peoples;
Make a loud shout to God with the sound of a shout of joy.
2
For Yahweh Most High is fearsome,
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 pride of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.

5
God has ascended with a loud shout,
Yahweh, 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 nobles of the peoples have assembled themselves with the people of the God of Abraham,
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is highly exalted.