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Psalms 45-47
Chapter 45
A Song Celebrating the King's Marriage.
1 My heart is moved with a good theme;
I (F1)address my (F2)verses to the (F3)King;
My tongue is the pen of (C1)a ready writer.
2 You are the most handsome of the sons of mankind;
(C1)Grace is poured (F1)upon Your lips;
Therefore God has (C2)blessed You forever.
3 Strap (C1)Your sword on Your thigh, (F1)(C2)Mighty One,
In Your splendor and majesty!
4 And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,
For the cause of truth, (C1)humility, and righteousness;
Let Your (C2)right hand teach You (F1)awesome things.
5 Your (C1)arrows are sharp;
The (C2)peoples fall under You;
Your arrows are (C3)in the heart of the King's enemies.
6 (C1)Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
(C2)The scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
7 You have (C1)loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has (C2)anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your companions.
8 All Your garments are fragrant with (C1)myrrh, aloes, and cassia;
From ivory palaces (C2)stringed instruments have made You joyful.
9 Kings' daughters are among (C1)Your noble women;
At Your (C2)right hand stands the queen in (C3)gold from Ophir.
10 Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear:
(C1)Forget your people and your father's house;
11 Then the King will crave your beauty.
Because He is your (C1)Lord, (C2)bow down to Him.
12 The daughter of (C1)Tyre will come with a gift;
The (C2)wealthy among the people will seek your favor.
13 The King's daughter is all glorious within;
Her clothing is (C1)interwoven with gold.
14 She will be (C1)brought to the King (C2)in colorful garments;
The (C3)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 (C1)Your name known among all generations;
Therefore the peoples (C2)will praise You forever and ever.
Chapter 46
God, the Refuge of His People.
1 God is our (C1)refuge and strength,
A (F1)very (C2)ready help (C3)in (F2)trouble.
2 Therefore we will (C1)not fear, though (C2)the earth shakes
And (C3)the mountains slip into the heart of the (F1)sea;
3 Though its (C1)waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah
4 There is a (C1)river whose streams make the (C2)city of God happy,
The holy (C3)dwelling places of the Most High.
5 God is (C1)in the midst of her, she will not be moved;
God will (C2)help her (F1)when morning dawns.
6 The (F1)nations (C1)made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;
He (F2)(C2)raised His voice, the earth (C3)quaked.
7 The LORD of armies (C1)is with us;
The God of Jacob is (C2)our stronghold. Selah
8 Come, (C1)behold the works of the LORD,
(F1)Who has inflicted (C2)horrific events on the earth.
9 He (C1)makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He (C2)breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He (C3)burns the chariots with fire.
10 "(F1)Stop striving and (C1)know that I am God;
I will be (C2)exalted among the (F2)nations, I will be exalted on the earth."
11 The LORD of armies is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah
Chapter 47
God, the King of the Earth.
1 (C1)Clap your hands, all you peoples;
(C2)Shout to God with a voice of joy.
2 For the LORD Most High is to be (C1)feared,
A (C2)great King over all the earth.
3 He (C1)subdues peoples under us
And nations under our feet.
4 He chooses our (C1)inheritance for us,
The (C2)pride of Jacob whom He loves. Selah
5 God has (C1)ascended (F1)with a shout,
The LORD, (F1)with the (C2)sound of a trumpet.
6 (C1)Sing praises to God, sing praises;
Sing praises to (C2)our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the (C1)King of all the earth;
Sing praises (C2)with a psalm of wisdom.
8 God (C1)reigns over the nations,
God (F1)sits on (C2)His holy throne.
9 The (F1)(C1)princes of the people have assembled as the (C2)people of the God of Abraham,
For the (C3)shields of the earth belong to God;
He is (C4)highly exalted.
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