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Psalms 45

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1Beautiful words stir my heart. I will recite a lovely poem about the king, for my tongue is like the pen of a skillful poet. ✦ 2You are the most handsome of all. Gracious words stream from your lips. God himself has blessed you forever. ✦ 3Put on your sword, O mighty warrior! You are so glorious, so majestic! ✦ 4In your majesty, ride out to victory, defending truth, humility, and justice. Go forth to perform awe-inspiring deeds! ✦ 5Your arrows are sharp, piercing your enemies’ hearts. The nations fall beneath your feet. ✦ 6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice. ✦ 7You love justice and hate evil. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else. ✦ 8Myrrh, aloes, and cassia perfume your robes. In ivory palaces the music of strings entertains you. ✦ 9Kings’ daughters are among your noble women. At your right side stands the queen, wearing jewelry of finest gold from Ophir! ✦ 10Listen to me, O royal daughter; take to heart what I say. Forget your people and your family far away. ✦ 11For your royal husband delights in your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord. ✦ 12The princess of Tyre will shower you with gifts. The wealthy will beg your favor. ✦ 13The bride, a princess, looks glorious in her golden gown. ✦ 14In her beautiful robes, she is led to the king, accompanied by her bridesmaids. ✦ 15What a joyful and enthusiastic procession as they enter the king’s palace! ✦ 16Your sons will become kings like their father. You will make them rulers over many lands. ✦ 17I will bring honor to your name in every generation. Therefore, the nations will praise you forever and ever. ✦

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Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Where this chapter connects

Song 1 ·7Rev 19 ·7Song 6 ·6Song 4 ·6Isa 60 ·6Ps 72 ·5Song 2 ·5Isa 61 ·5

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 45 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Resources, by level

Lay

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 45YouTube · Lay · Free

    Sermons and chapter teaching from across YouTube.

  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 45David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 45Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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