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Psalm 45 Prayed
Adoring
King Jesus as his beloved bride
The beauty of King Jesus
My heart is stirred by a noble
theme
as
I recite my verses for King Jesus;
my
tongue is the pen of a skilful writer.
King Jesus, you are the most
excellent of men
and
your lips have been anointed with grace,
since
God the Father has blessed you forever.
Gird your sword upon your
side, O Mighty One;
with
the sword of the Spirit,
which
is the word of God.
Clothe yourself with splendour
and majesty,
for
we long to see you in your glory:
Dressed in a robe reaching down
to you feet
and
with a golden sash around your chest.
Your head and hair white like
wool,
as
white as snow, and your eyes like blazing
fire.
Your feet like bronze glowing
in a furnace,
and
your voice like the sound of rushing
waters.
In your right hand holding
seven stars,
and
out of your mouth coming
the
sharp double-edged sword.
Your face like the sun shining
in all its brilliance.
In your majesty ride forth
victoriously,
as
John saw the great vision of you:
Heaven standing open
and
there before him a white horse,
whose
rider is called Faithful and True.
Judging with justice and making
war,
in
behalf of truth, humility and righteousness.
Let your right hand display
awesome deeds:
Let
your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of your
enemies;
Give them a new heart and put a
new spirit in
them;
Remove from them their heart of
stone
and
give them a heart of flesh.
Then the nations will fall
beneath your feet.
Your throne, O Jesus our God,
will
last for ever and ever;
a
sceptre of justice will be the sceptre
of
your kingdom.
Your Father appointed you heir of all
things.
Through
you he made the universe.
You are the radiance of his glory,
and
the exact representation of his being.
You sustain all things by your
powerful word.
After you had provided
purification for sins,
you
sat down at the right hand of the Majesty
in
heaven.
You love righteousness and hate
wickedness;
therefore
God, your Father,
has
set you above your companions
by
anointing you with the oil of joy.
All your robes are fragrant
with myrrh
and
aloes and cassia;
from heavenly palaces adorned
with ivory
the
music of the strings makes you glad.
All the saints in glory hold
their harps
given
them by your Father,
and they sing the song of Moses
the
servant of God,
and
the song of the Lamb:
“Great and marvellous are your
deeds,
Lord
God Almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
King
of the ages.
Who will not fear you, O Lord,
and
bring glory to your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and
worship before you,
for
your righteous acts have been revealed.”
The four living creatures with
six wings
and
covered with eyes all around,
even
under their wings,
day and night never stop
praising you, saying:
“Holy,
holy, holy
is
the Lord God Almighty,
who
was, and is, and is to come.”
The twenty-four elders in
heaven
fall
down before you;
the one who sits on the
throne,
and
worship you,
the one who lives for
ever and ever.
They
lay their crowns before your
throne and say:
“You are worthy, our Lord
and God,
to
receive glory and honour and power,
for
you created all things,
and
by your will they were created
and
have their being.”
The beauty of the King’s
bride; the Church
Daughters of kings are among
your honoured
women;
at your right hand is the royal
bride in gold of
Ophir.
With them is a great multitude,
like
the roar of rushing waters,
and
like loud peals of thunder, shouting:
“Hallelujah!
For
our Lord God Almighty reigns.
Let us rejoice and be glad
and
give him glory!
For the wedding of the Lamb has
come,
and
his bride, has made herself ready.
Fine linen, bright and clean,
you
have given to her to wear.”
The fine linen of the righteous
acts of the saints.
Listen, O Bride of Christ,
consider and give ear:
Forget
your people and your father’s house.
The king is enthralled by your
beauty;
honour
him, for he is your lord.
The daughters of the nations
will come with gifts,
men
of wealth will seek your favour.
Every member of the Bride of
Christ,
is
all glorious within.
Our
gowns are interwoven with gold.
In embroidered garments
we
are led to King Jesus;
We delight greatly in you, O
Lord,
our
souls rejoice in you, our God.
For you have clothed us in
garments of salvation,
and
arrayed us in robes of righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head
like a priest,
and
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For you, O Christ, loved the
Church
and
you gave yourself up for us
to
make us holy,
cleansing us by the washing
with water
through
the word,
and to present us to yourself as a radiant
Church,
without
stain or wrinkle or any other blemish,
but
holy and blameless.
Our virgin companions, the
angels, follow us
and
together we are brought to you.
We are led in with joy and
gladness;
we
enter the palace of King Jesus.
May our children take the place
of our forefathers.
Make
them people of influence throughout this
land.
Help us to perpetuate your
memory through all
generations:
Bless the work of our
missionaries and
evangelists,
so
that the nations will praise you
for
ever and ever.
you for ever
and ever.
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Psalm 45 Prayed
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