Psalms

The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.

Author: David and others
Date: c. 1400–400 BC
Theme: Prayers and songs for every season of the life of faith.
Key verses: Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 119:105
Clementine Vulgate

Psalms 45

1In finem, filiis Core, pro arcanis. Psalmus. 2[Deus noster refugium et virtus; adjutor in tribulationibus qu invenerunt nos nimis. 3Propterea non timebimus dum turbabitur terra, et transferentur montes in cor maris. 4Sonuerunt, et turbat sunt aqu eorum; conturbati sunt montes in fortitudine ejus. 5Fluminis impetus ltificat civitatem Dei: sanctificavit tabernaculum suum Altissimus. 6Deus in medio ejus, non commovebitur; adjuvabit eam Deus mane diluculo. 7Conturbat sunt gentes, et inclinata sunt regna: dedit vocem suam, mota est terra. 8Dominus virtutum nobiscum; susceptor noster Deus Jacob. 9Venite, et videte opera Domini, qu posuit prodigia super terram, 10auferens bella usque ad finem terr. Arcum conteret, et confringet arma, et scuta comburet igni. 11Vacate, et videte quoniam ego sum Deus; exaltabor in gentibus, et exaltabor in terra. 12Dominus virtutum nobiscum; susceptor noster Deus Jacob.]

Clementine Vulgate (1592). Public domain or openly licensed historic text.