August 15, 2015: Psalm 45

Psalm 45 

Ode for a Royal Wedding

To the leader: according to Lilies. Of the Korahites. A Maskil. A love song.
¹ My heart overflows with a goodly theme;
   I address my verses to the king;
   my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

² You are the most handsome of men;
   grace is poured upon your lips;
   therefore God has blessed you for ever.
³ Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one,
   in your glory and majesty.

⁴ In your majesty ride on victoriously
   for the cause of truth and to defend the right;
   let your right hand teach you dread deeds.
⁵ Your arrows are sharp
   in the heart of the king’s enemies;
   the peoples fall under you.

⁶ Your throne, O God, endures for ever and ever.
   Your royal sceptre is a sceptre of equity;
⁷   you love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
   with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
⁸   your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;
⁹   daughters of kings are among your ladies of honour;
   at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

¹⁰ Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear;
   forget your people and your father’s house,
¹¹   and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him;
¹²   the people of Tyre will seek your favour with gifts,
   the richest of the people ¹³with all kinds of wealth.

The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;
¹⁴   in many-coloured robes she is led to the king;
   behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.
¹⁵ With joy and gladness they are led along
   as they enter the palace of the king.

¹⁶ In the place of ancestors you, O king, shall have sons;
   you will make them princes in all the earth.
¹⁷ I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations;
   therefore the peoples will praise you for ever and ever.

Reflection:
How we love the royals.  People adore their lives.  They are willing to wake up at an odd our of the night just to watch the Royal Wedding.  All I had to say was royal wedding and people immediately thought of Kate and William.  Psalm 45 is a wedding song celebrating the marriage of a king of David's dynasty to a foreign princess.  In some of this song, we see traits of God being spoken.  I ponder if this was a wedding that people came from miles and miles away to witness. If people were speaking of this grand affair for a long while.  We often hear about weddings as the party, what people wore, the glamorous decorations, the FOOD, and more.  How do we look for the traits of Jesus in the people that are to be wed? What if we looked for God in all the parties we attended? I believe we be changed people. We would begin to see and act differently to those around us.