Psalms 45-47

Psalm 45

¹To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction; -- a song of the Beloved. My heart is welling forth with a good matter: I say what I have composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

²Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

³Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, in thy majesty and thy splendour;

⁴And in thy splendour ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

⁵Thine arrows are sharp -- peoples fall under thee -- in the heart of the king's enemies.

⁶Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom:

⁷Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

⁸Myrrh and aloes, cassia, are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

⁹Kings' daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

¹⁰Hearken, daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; and forget thine own people and thy father's house:

¹¹And the king will desire thy beauty; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him.

¹²And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the rich ones among the people, shall court thy favour.

¹³All glorious is the king's daughter within; her clothing is of wrought gold:

¹⁴She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of embroidery; the virgins behind her, her companions, shall be brought in unto thee:

¹⁵With joy and gladness shall they be brought; they shall enter into the king's palace.

¹⁶Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons; princes shalt thou make them in all the earth.

¹⁷I will make thy name to be remembered throughout all generations; therefore shall the peoples praise thee for ever and ever.

Psalm 46

¹To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.

²Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas;

³Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

⁴There is a river the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the sanctuary of the habitations of the Most High.

⁵God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her at the dawn of the morning.

⁶The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

⁷Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.

⁸Come, behold the works of Jehovah, what desolations he hath made in the earth:

⁹He hath made wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariots in the fire.

¹⁰Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

¹¹Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.

Psalm 47

¹To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap your hands; shout unto God with the voice of triumph!

²For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.

³He subdueth the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.

⁴He hath chosen our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

⁵God is gone up amid shouting, Jehovah amid the sound of the trumpet.

⁶Sing psalms of God, sing psalms; sing psalms unto our King, sing psalms!

⁷For God is the King of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding.

⁸God reigneth over the nations; God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

⁹The willing-hearted of the peoples have gathered together, with the people of the God of Abraham. For unto God belong the shields of the earth: he is greatly exalted.