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Psalm 45

Psalm 45[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[b] A wedding song.(A)

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

2 You are the most excellent of men
    and your lips have been anointed with grace,(B)
    since God has blessed you forever.(C)

3 Gird your sword(D) on your side, you mighty one;(E)
    clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.(F)
4 In your majesty ride forth victoriously(G)
    in the cause of truth, humility and justice;(H)
    let your right hand(I) achieve awesome deeds.(J)
5 Let your sharp arrows(K) pierce the hearts(L) of the king’s enemies;(M)
    let the nations fall beneath your feet.
6 Your throne, O God,[c] will last for ever and ever;(N)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
7 You love righteousness(O) and hate wickedness;(P)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing(Q) you with the oil of joy.(R)
8 All your robes are fragrant(S) with myrrh(T) and aloes(U) and cassia;(V)
    from palaces adorned with ivory(W)
    the music of the strings(X) makes you glad.
9 Daughters of kings(Y) are among your honored women;
    at your right hand(Z) is the royal bride(AA) in gold of Ophir.(AB)

10 Listen, daughter,(AC) and pay careful attention:(AD)
    Forget your people(AE) and your father’s house.
11 Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;(AF)
    honor(AG) him, for he is your lord.(AH)
12 The city of Tyre(AI) will come with a gift,[d](AJ)
    people of wealth will seek your favor.
13 All glorious(AK) is the princess within her chamber;
    her gown is interwoven with gold.(AL)
14 In embroidered garments(AM) she is led to the king;(AN)
    her virgin companions(AO) follow her—
    those brought to be with her.
15 Led in with joy and gladness,(AP)
    they enter the palace of the king.

16 Your sons will take the place of your fathers;
    you will make them princes(AQ) throughout the land.

17 I will perpetuate your memory through all generations;(AR)
    therefore the nations will praise you(AS) for ever and ever.(AT)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 45:1 In Hebrew texts 45:1-17 is numbered 45:2-18.
  2. Psalm 45:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  3. Psalm 45:6 Here the king is addressed as God’s representative.
  4. Psalm 45:12 Or A Tyrian robe is among the gifts

Cross references

  1. Psalm 45:1 : SS 1:1
  2. Psalm 45:2 : Lk 4:22
  3. Psalm 45:2 : Ps 21:6
  4. Psalm 45:3 : S Dt 32:41; Ps 149:6; Rev 1:16
  5. Psalm 45:3 : S 2Sa 1:19
  6. Psalm 45:3 : S Job 40:10; S Ps 21:5
  7. Psalm 45:4 : Rev 6:2
  8. Psalm 45:4 : Zep 2:3
  9. Psalm 45:4 : Ps 21:8
  10. Psalm 45:4 : S Dt 4:34; Ps 65:5; 66:3
  11. Psalm 45:5 : S Dt 32:23
  12. Psalm 45:5 : S Nu 24:8
  13. Psalm 45:5 : Ps 9:13; 92:9
  14. Psalm 45:6 : S Ge 21:33; La 5:19
  15. Psalm 45:7 : Ps 33:5
  16. Psalm 45:7 : S Ps 11:5
  17. Psalm 45:7 : Ps 2:2; Isa 45:1; 61:1; Zec 4:14
  18. Psalm 45:7 : S Ps 23:5; Heb 1:8-9*
  19. Psalm 45:8 : Pr 27:9; SS 1:3; 4:10
  20. Psalm 45:8 : S Ge 37:25
  21. Psalm 45:8 : S Nu 24:6; Jn 19:39
  22. Psalm 45:8 : S Ex 30:24
  23. Psalm 45:8 : S 1Ki 22:39
  24. Psalm 45:8 : Ps 144:9; 150:4; Isa 38:20
  25. Psalm 45:9 : SS 6:8
  26. Psalm 45:9 : 1Ki 2:19
  27. Psalm 45:9 : Isa 62:5
  28. Psalm 45:9 : S Ge 10:29
  29. Psalm 45:10 : Ru 1:11
  30. Psalm 45:10 : Jer 5:1
  31. Psalm 45:10 : Ru 1:16
  32. Psalm 45:11 : S Est 1:11; S La 2:15
  33. Psalm 45:11 : Eph 5:33
  34. Psalm 45:11 : 1Pe 3:6
  35. Psalm 45:12 : S Jos 19:29
  36. Psalm 45:12 : S 1Ki 9:16; S 2Ch 9:24
  37. Psalm 45:13 : Isa 61:10
  38. Psalm 45:13 : Ex 39:3
  39. Psalm 45:14 : S Jdg 5:30
  40. Psalm 45:14 : Est 2:15
  41. Psalm 45:14 : SS 1:3
  42. Psalm 45:15 : S Est 8:17
  43. Psalm 45:16 : 1Sa 2:8; Ps 68:27; 113:8
  44. Psalm 45:17 : S Ex 3:15; Ps 33:11; 119:90; 135:13
  45. Psalm 45:17 : Ps 138:4
  46. Psalm 45:17 : S Ps 21:4; Rev 22:5
Psalm 47-48

Psalm 47[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

1 Clap your hands,(A) all you nations;
    shout to God with cries of joy.(B)

2 For the Lord Most High(C) is awesome,(D)
    the great King(E) over all the earth.
3 He subdued(F) nations under us,
    peoples under our feet.
4 He chose our inheritance(G) for us,
    the pride of Jacob,(H) whom he loved.[b]

5 God has ascended(I) amid shouts of joy,(J)
    the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.(K)
6 Sing praises(L) to God, sing praises;
    sing praises to our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth;(M)
    sing to him a psalm(N) of praise.

8 God reigns(O) over the nations;
    God is seated on his holy throne.(P)
9 The nobles of the nations assemble
    as the people of the God of Abraham,
for the kings[c] of the earth belong to God;(Q)
    he is greatly exalted.(R)

Psalm 48[d]

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.

1 Great is the Lord,(S) and most worthy of praise,(T)
    in the city of our God,(U) his holy mountain.(V)

2 Beautiful(W) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon[e](X) is Mount Zion,(Y)
    the city of the Great King.(Z)
3 God is in her citadels;(AA)
    he has shown himself to be her fortress.(AB)

4 When the kings joined forces,
    when they advanced together,(AC)
5 they saw her and were astounded;
    they fled in terror.(AD)
6 Trembling seized(AE) them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.(AF)
7 You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish(AG)
    shattered by an east wind.(AH)

8 As we have heard,
    so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
    in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
    forever.[f](AI)

9 Within your temple, O God,
    we meditate(AJ) on your unfailing love.(AK)
10 Like your name,(AL) O God,
    your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;(AM)
    your right hand is filled with righteousness.
11 Mount Zion rejoices,
    the villages of Judah are glad
    because of your judgments.(AN)

12 Walk about Zion, go around her,
    count her towers,(AO)
13 consider well her ramparts,(AP)
    view her citadels,(AQ)
that you may tell of them
    to the next generation.(AR)

14 For this God is our God for ever and ever;
    he will be our guide(AS) even to the end.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 47:1 In Hebrew texts 47:1-9 is numbered 47:2-10.
  2. Psalm 47:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
  3. Psalm 47:9 Or shields
  4. Psalm 48:1 In Hebrew texts 48:1-14 is numbered 48:2-15.
  5. Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
  6. Psalm 48:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Cross references

  1. Psalm 47:1 : S 2Ki 11:12
  2. Psalm 47:1 : S Ps 33:3
  3. Psalm 47:2 : Ge 14:18
  4. Psalm 47:2 : S Dt 7:21
  5. Psalm 47:2 : Ps 2:6; 48:2; 95:3; Mt 5:35
  6. Psalm 47:3 : Ps 18:39, 47; Isa 14:6
  7. Psalm 47:4 : Ps 2:8; 16:6; 78:55; 1Pe 1:4
  8. Psalm 47:4 : Am 6:8; 8:7
  9. Psalm 47:5 : Ps 68:18; Eph 4:8
  10. Psalm 47:5 : S Job 8:21; S Ps 106:5
  11. Psalm 47:5 : S Nu 10:2; S 2Sa 6:15
  12. Psalm 47:6 : S 2Sa 22:50
  13. Psalm 47:7 : Zec 14:9
  14. Psalm 47:7 : 1Ch 16:7; Col 3:16
  15. Psalm 47:8 : S 1Ch 16:31
  16. Psalm 47:8 : S 1Ki 22:19; S Ps 9:4; Rev 4:9
  17. Psalm 47:9 : S Job 25:2
  18. Psalm 47:9 : Ps 46:10; 97:9
  19. Psalm 48:1 : Ps 86:10; 96:4; 99:2; 135:5; 147:5; Jer 10:6
  20. Psalm 48:1 : S 2Sa 22:4; S 1Ch 16:25; Ps 18:3
  21. Psalm 48:1 : S Ps 46:4
  22. Psalm 48:1 : S Dt 33:19; Ps 2:6; 87:1; Isa 11:9; 32:16; Jer 31:23; Da 9:16; Mic 4:1; Zec 8:3
  23. Psalm 48:2 : Ps 50:2; La 2:15; Eze 16:14
  24. Psalm 48:2 : S Jos 13:27
  25. Psalm 48:2 : S Ps 2:6
  26. Psalm 48:2 : Mt 5:35
  27. Psalm 48:3 : ver 13; Ps 122:7
  28. Psalm 48:3 : Ps 18:2
  29. Psalm 48:4 : 2Sa 10:1-19
  30. Psalm 48:5 : Ex 15:16; Isa 13:8; Jer 46:5; Da 5:9
  31. Psalm 48:6 : S Job 4:14
  32. Psalm 48:6 : S Ge 3:16
  33. Psalm 48:7 : S Ge 10:4; S 1Ki 10:22; 22:48
  34. Psalm 48:7 : S Ge 41:6
  35. Psalm 48:8 : Jer 23:6; Zec 8:13; 14:11
  36. Psalm 48:9 : S Ps 39:3
  37. Psalm 48:9 : Ps 6:4
  38. Psalm 48:10 : S Ex 6:3; S Jos 7:9
  39. Psalm 48:10 : 1Sa 2:10; Ps 22:27; 65:5; 98:3; 100:1; Isa 11:12; 24:16; 42:10; 49:6
  40. Psalm 48:11 : Ps 97:8
  41. Psalm 48:12 : S Ne 3:1
  42. Psalm 48:13 : 2Sa 20:15; Isa 26:1; La 2:8; Hab 2:1
  43. Psalm 48:13 : S ver 3
  44. Psalm 48:13 : Ps 71:18; 78:6; 109:13
  45. Psalm 48:14 : Ps 25:5; 73:24; Pr 6:22; Isa 49:10; 57:18; 58:11
Job 29:1-20

Job’s Final Defense

29 Job continued his discourse:(A)

2 “How I long for the months gone by,(B)
    for the days when God watched over me,(C)
3 when his lamp shone on my head
    and by his light I walked through darkness!(D)
4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
    when God’s intimate friendship(E) blessed my house,(F)
5 when the Almighty was still with me
    and my children(G) were around me,(H)
6 when my path was drenched with cream(I)
    and the rock(J) poured out for me streams of olive oil.(K)

7 “When I went to the gate(L) of the city
    and took my seat in the public square,
8 the young men saw me and stepped aside(M)
    and the old men rose to their feet;(N)
9 the chief men refrained from speaking(O)
    and covered their mouths with their hands;(P)
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,(Q)
    and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.(R)
11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
    and those who saw me commended me,(S)
12 because I rescued the poor(T) who cried for help,
    and the fatherless(U) who had none to assist them.(V)
13 The one who was dying blessed me;(W)
    I made the widow’s(X) heart sing.
14 I put on righteousness(Y) as my clothing;
    justice was my robe and my turban.(Z)
15 I was eyes(AA) to the blind
    and feet to the lame.(AB)
16 I was a father to the needy;(AC)
    I took up the case(AD) of the stranger.(AE)
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked
    and snatched the victims(AF) from their teeth.(AG)

18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
    my days as numerous as the grains of sand.(AH)
19 My roots will reach to the water,(AI)
    and the dew will lie all night on my branches.(AJ)
20 My glory will not fade;(AK)
    the bow(AL) will be ever new in my hand.’(AM)

Cross references

  1. Job 29:1 : Job 27:1
  2. Job 29:2 : S Ge 31:30
  3. Job 29:2 : Jer 1:12; 31:28; 44:27
  4. Job 29:3 : S Job 11:17; S 12:25
  5. Job 29:4 : S Job 15:8
  6. Job 29:4 : Ps 25:14; Pr 3:32
  7. Job 29:5 : Ps 127:3-5; 128:3
  8. Job 29:5 : Ru 4:1
  9. Job 29:6 : S Job 20:17
  10. Job 29:6 : Ps 81:16
  11. Job 29:6 : Ge 49:20; S Dt 32:13
  12. Job 29:7 : ver 21; Job 5:4; 31:21; Jer 20:2; 38:7
  13. Job 29:8 : 1Ti 5:1
  14. Job 29:8 : S Lev 19:32
  15. Job 29:9 : ver 21; Job 31:21
  16. Job 29:9 : S Jdg 18:19; Job 40:4; Pr 30:32
  17. Job 29:10 : ver 22
  18. Job 29:10 : Ps 137:6
  19. Job 29:11 : S Job 4:4; Heb 11:4
  20. Job 29:12 : S Job 24:4
  21. Job 29:12 : S Dt 24:17; Job 31:17, 21
  22. Job 29:12 : Ps 72:12; Pr 21:13
  23. Job 29:13 : Job 31:20
  24. Job 29:13 : S Dt 10:18; S Job 22:9
  25. Job 29:14 : S 2Sa 8:15; S Job 27:6; Eph 4:24; 6:14
  26. Job 29:14 : S Job 19:9
  27. Job 29:15 : Nu 10:31
  28. Job 29:15 : S Job 4:4
  29. Job 29:16 : S Job 24:4
  30. Job 29:16 : Ex 18:26
  31. Job 29:16 : S Job 4:4; Pr 22:22-23
  32. Job 29:17 : Job 24:9
  33. Job 29:17 : S Job 4:10, 11; S Ps 3:7
  34. Job 29:18 : Ps 1:1-3; 15:5; 16:8; 30:6; 62:2; 139:18; Pr 3:1-2
  35. Job 29:19 : S Nu 24:6; S Job 14:9
  36. Job 29:19 : S Ge 27:8; S Job 15:30; S Ps 133:3
  37. Job 29:20 : Ps 92:14
  38. Job 29:20 : Job 30:11; Ps 18:34; Isa 38:12
  39. Job 29:20 : Ge 49:24
Acts 14:1-18

In Iconium

14 At Iconium(A) Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue.(B) There they spoke so effectively that a great number(C) of Jews and Greeks believed. 2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.(D) 3 So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly(E) for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.(F) 4 The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.(G) 5 There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews,(H) together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.(I) 6 But they found out about it and fled(J) to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country, 7 where they continued to preach(K) the gospel.(L)

In Lystra and Derbe

8 In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth(M) and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed(N) 10 and called out, “Stand up on your feet!”(O) At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.(P)

11 When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”(Q) 12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.(R) 13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes(S) and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: 15 “Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human,(T) like you. We are bringing you good news,(U) telling you to turn from these worthless things(V) to the living God,(W) who made the heavens and the earth(X) and the sea and everything in them.(Y) 16 In the past, he let(Z) all nations go their own way.(AA) 17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony:(AB) He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons;(AC) he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”(AD) 18 Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.

Cross references

  1. Acts 14:1 : S Ac 13:51
  2. Acts 14:1 : S Ac 9:20
  3. Acts 14:1 : S Ac 2:41
  4. Acts 14:2 : S Ac 1:16
  5. Acts 14:3 : S Ac 4:29
  6. Acts 14:3 : S Jn 4:48
  7. Acts 14:4 : Ac 17:4, 5; 28:24
  8. Acts 14:5 : S Ac 20:3
  9. Acts 14:5 : ver 19
  10. Acts 14:6 : Mt 10:23
  11. Acts 14:7 : Ac 16:10
  12. Acts 14:7 : ver 15, 21; S Ac 13:32
  13. Acts 14:8 : Ac 3:2
  14. Acts 14:9 : Mt 9:28, 29; 13:58
  15. Acts 14:10 : Eze 2:1
  16. Acts 14:10 : Ac 3:8
  17. Acts 14:11 : Ac 8:10; 28:6
  18. Acts 14:12 : Ex 7:1
  19. Acts 14:14 : S Mk 14:63
  20. Acts 14:15 : S Ac 10:26
  21. Acts 14:15 : ver 7, 21; S Ac 13:32
  22. Acts 14:15 : 1Sa 12:21; 1Th 1:9
  23. Acts 14:15 : S Mt 16:16
  24. Acts 14:15 : Ge 1:1
  25. Acts 14:15 : Ps 146:6; Rev 14:7
  26. Acts 14:16 : Ac 17:30
  27. Acts 14:16 : Ps 81:12; Mic 4:5
  28. Acts 14:17 : Ro 1:20
  29. Acts 14:17 : Dt 11:14; Job 5:10; Ps 65:10
  30. Acts 14:17 : Ps 4:7
John 10:31-42

31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,(A) 32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”

33 “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”(B)

34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law,(C) ‘I have said you are “gods”’[a]?(D) 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God(E) came—and Scripture cannot be set aside(F)— 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart(G) as his very own(H) and sent into the world?(I) Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?(J) 37 Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father.(K) 38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”(L) 39 Again they tried to seize him,(M) but he escaped their grasp.(N)

40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan(O) to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed, 41 and many people came to him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign,(P) all that John said about this man was true.”(Q) 42 And in that place many believed in Jesus.(R)

Footnotes

  1. John 10:34 Psalm 82:6

Cross references

  1. John 10:31 : S Jn 8:59
  2. John 10:33 : Lev 24:16; Mt 26:63-66; Jn 5:18
  3. John 10:34 : Jn 8:17; 12:34; 15:25; Ro 3:19; 1Co 14:21
  4. John 10:34 : Ps 82:6
  5. John 10:35 : S Heb 4:12
  6. John 10:35 : S Mt 5:18
  7. John 10:36 : Jer 1:5
  8. John 10:36 : Jn 6:69
  9. John 10:36 : S Jn 3:17
  10. John 10:36 : Jn 5:17, 18
  11. John 10:37 : ver 25
  12. John 10:38 : Jn 14:10, 11, 20; 17:21
  13. John 10:39 : Jn 7:30
  14. John 10:39 : Lk 4:30; Jn 8:59
  15. John 10:40 : Jn 1:28
  16. John 10:41 : S Jn 2:11
  17. John 10:41 : Jn 1:26, 27, 30, 34
  18. John 10:42 : S Jn 7:31
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