Your Throne, O God, Is Forever
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My heart is overflowing with a good theme;
I recite my composition concerning the King;
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
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You are fairer than the sons of men;
a Grace is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.
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Gird Your b sword upon Your thigh, c O Mighty One,
With Your glory and Your majesty.
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e And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness;
And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.
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Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies;
The peoples fall under You.
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f Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A g scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
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You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has h anointed You
With the oil of i gladness more than Your companions.
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All Your garments are j scented with myrrh and aloes and cassia,
Out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made You glad.
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k Kings' daughters are among Your honorable women;
l At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
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Listen, O daughter,
Consider and incline your ear;
m Forget your own people also, and your father's house;
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So the King will greatly desire your beauty;
n Because He is your Lord, worship Him.
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And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
o The rich among the people will seek your favor.
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The royal daughter is all glorious within the palace;
Her clothing is woven with gold.
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p She shall be brought to the King in robes of many colors;
The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to You.
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With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought;
They shall enter the King's palace.
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Instead of Your fathers shall be Your sons,
q Whom You shall make princes in all the earth.
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r I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations;
Therefore the people shall praise You forever and ever.
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Cross References
Luke 4:22
So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, "Is this not Joseph's son?
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Isaiah 49:2
And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made Me a polished shaft; In His quiver He has hidden Me.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Revelation 1:16
He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.
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Cross References
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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Revelation 6:2
And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
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Psalms 93:2
Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting.
Hebrews 1:8
But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Hebrews 1:9
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.
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Cross References
Numbers 24:17
I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, And batter the brow of Moab, And destroy all the sons of tumult.
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Psalms 2:2
The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying.
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Psalms 21:6
For You have made him most blessed forever; You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.
Hebrews 1:8
But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Hebrews 1:9
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.
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Song of Solomon 1:12
While the king is at his table, My spikenard sends forth its fragrance.
Song of Solomon 1:13
A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, That lies all night between my breasts.
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Song of Solomon 6:8
There are sixty queens And eighty concubines, And virgins without number.
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1 Kings 2:19
Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her and bowed down to her, and sat down on his throne and had a throne set for the king's mother; so she sat at his right hand.
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Deuteronomy 21:13
She shall put off the clothes of her captivity, remain in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a full month; after that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
Ruth 1:16
But Ruth said: "Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God.
Ruth 1:17
Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.
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Psalms 95:6
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
Isaiah 54:5
For your Maker is your husband, The LORD of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth.
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Isaiah 49:23
Kings shall be your foster fathers, And their queens your nursing mothers; They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, And lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD, For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.
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Song of Solomon 1:4
Draw me away! We will run after you. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.
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1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Revelation 1:6
And has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
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Malachi 1:11
For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; In every place incense shall be offered to My name, And a pure offering; For My name shall be great among the nations," Says the LORD of hosts.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.