Psalm 45

New King James Version

The Glories of the Messiah and His Bride

To the Chief Musician. ^(A)Set to ^[a]“The Lilies.” A ^[b]Contemplation of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love.

45 My heart is overflowing with a good theme;
I recite my composition concerning the King;
My tongue is the pen of a ^[c]ready writer.

²You are fairer than the sons of men;
^(B)Grace is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.
³^[d]Gird Your ^(C)sword upon Your thigh, ^(D)O Mighty One,
With Your ^(E)glory and Your majesty.
⁴^(F)And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness;
And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.
⁵Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King’s enemies;
The peoples fall under You.

⁶^(G)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A ^(H)scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
⁷You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has ^(I)anointed You
With the oil of ^(J)gladness more than Your companions.
⁸All Your garments are ^(K)scented with myrrh and aloes and cassia,
Out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made You glad.
⁹^(L)Kings’ daughters are among Your honorable women;
^(M)At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

¹⁰Listen, O daughter,
Consider and incline your ear;
^(N)Forget your own people also, and your father’s house;
¹¹So the King will greatly desire your beauty;
^(O)Because He is your Lord, worship Him.
¹²And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
^(P)The rich among the people will seek your favor.

¹³The royal daughter is all glorious within the palace;
Her clothing is woven with gold.
¹⁴^(Q)She shall be brought to the King in robes of many colors;
The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to You.
¹⁵With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought;
They shall enter the King’s palace.

¹⁶Instead of Your fathers shall be Your sons,
^(R)Whom You shall make princes in all the earth.
¹⁷^(S)I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations;
Therefore the people shall praise You forever and ever.

Footnotes

Psalm 45:1 Heb. Shoshannim
Psalm 45:1 Heb. Maschil
Psalm 45:1 skillful
Psalm 45:3 Belt on

2 Corinthians 13

New King James Version

Coming with Authority

13 This will be ^(A)the third time I am coming to you. ^(B)“By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.” ²^(C)I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent ^[a]I write to those ^(D)who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again ^(E)I will not spare— ³since you seek a proof of Christ ^(F)speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty ^(G)in you. ⁴^(H)For though He was crucified in weakness, yet ^(I)He lives by the power of God. For ^(J)we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.

⁵Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, ^(K)that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you ^[b]are ^(L)disqualified. ⁶But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.

Paul Prefers Gentleness

⁷Now ^[c]I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though ^(M)we may seem disqualified. ⁸For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. ⁹For we are glad ^(N)when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, ^(O)that you may be made complete. ¹⁰^(P)Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the ^(Q)authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.

Greetings and Benediction

¹¹Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. ^(R)Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love ^(S)and peace will be with you.

¹²^(T)Greet one another with a holy kiss.

¹³All the saints greet you.

¹⁴^(U)The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and ^(V)the ^[d]communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.