Psalms 45-48

1My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

2You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

3Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

4In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.

5Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.

6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

7You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

8All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

9The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.

10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

11and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

12The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.

13All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.

14In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.

15They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.

16Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.

17I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.

1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,

3though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah

4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

8Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.

9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

10“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

1Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.

2How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!

3He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.

4He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah

5God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.

6Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!

7For God is King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise.

8God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.

9The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.

1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

2Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

3God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.

4For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.

5They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.

6Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.

7With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

8As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah

9Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.

10Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.

11Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.

12March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,

13consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.

14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.