Psalms 45-47

Psalm 45

¹To the Overseer. -- ‘On the Lilies.' -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue is the pen of a speedy writer.

²Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.

³Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!

⁴As to Thy majesty -- prosper! -- ride! Because of truth, and meekness -- righteousness, And Thy right hand showeth Thee fearful things.

⁵Thine arrows are sharp, -- Peoples fall under Thee -- In the heart of the enemies of the king.

⁶Thy throne, O God, is age-during, and for ever, A sceptre of uprightness Is the sceptre of Thy kingdom.

⁷Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.

⁸Myrrh and aloes, cassia! all thy garments, Out of palaces of ivory Stringed instruments have made thee glad.

⁹Daughters of kings are among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.

¹⁰Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,

¹¹And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he is thy lord -- bow thyself to him,

¹²And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people do appease thy face.

¹³All glory is the daughter of the king within, Of gold-embroidered work is her clothing.

¹⁴In divers colours she is brought to the king, Virgins -- after her -- her companions, Are brought to thee.

¹⁵They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king.

¹⁶Instead of thy fathers are thy sons, Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the earth.

¹⁷I make mention of Thy name in all generations, Therefore do peoples praise Thee, To the age, and for ever!

Psalm 46

¹To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. ‘For the Virgins.' -- A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

²Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.

³Roar -- troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah.

⁴A river -- its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

⁵God is in her midst -- she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!

⁶Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.

⁷Jehovah of Hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.

⁸Come ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth,

⁹Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.

¹⁰Desist, and know that I am God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

¹¹Jehovah of hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob! Selah.

Psalm 47

¹To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap the hand, Shout to God with a voice of singing,

²For Jehovah Most High is fearful, A great king over all the earth.

³He leadeth peoples under us, and nations under our feet.

⁴He doth choose for us our inheritance, The excellency of Jacob that He loves. Selah.

⁵God hath gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

⁶Praise God -- praise -- give praise to our king, praise.

⁷For king of all the earth is God, Give praise, O understanding one.

⁸God hath reigned over nations, God hath sat on His holy throne,

⁹Nobles of peoples have been gathered, With the people of the God of Abraham, For to God are the shields of earth, Greatly hath He been exalted!