Psalm 45
Eructavit cor meum
1
My heart is inditing of a good matter *
I speak of the things which I have made unto the King.
2
My tongue is the pen *
of a ready writer.
3
Thou art fairer than the children of men *
full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever.
4
Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most Mighty *
according to thy worship and renown.
5
Good luck have thou with thine honour *
ride on, because of the word of truth , of meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
6
Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall be subdued unto thee *
even in the midst among the King’s enemies.
7
Thy seat, O God, endureth for ever *
the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
8
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity *
wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
9
All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia *
out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
10
Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women *
upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold, wrought about with divers colours.
11
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, incline thine ear *
forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house.
12
So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty *
for he is thy Lord God, and worship thou him.
13
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift *
like as the rich also among the people shall make their supplication before thee.
14
The King’s daughter is all glorious within *
her clothing is of wrought gold.
15
She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle-work *
the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee.
16
With joy and gladness shall they be brought *
and shall enter into the King’s palace.
17
Instead of thy fathers thou shalt have children *
whom thou mayest make princes in all lands.
18
I will remember thy Name from one generation to another *
therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, world without end.
Psalm 46
Deus noster refugium
1
God is our hope and strength *
a very present help in trouble.
2
Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved *
and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea;
3
Though the waters thereof rage and swell *
and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same.
4
The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the city of God *
the holy place of the tabernacle of the most Highest.
5
God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed *
God shall help her, and that right early.
6
The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved *
but God hath shewed his voice, and the earth shall melt away.
7
The Lord of hosts is with us *
the God of Jacob is our refuge.
8
O come hither, and behold the works of the Lord *
what destruction he hath brought upon the earth.
9
He maketh wars to cease in all the world *
he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burneth the chariots in the fire.
10
Be still then, and know that I am God *
I will be exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted in the earth.
11
The Lord of hosts is with us *
the God of Jacob is our refuge.