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Psalm 47

Psalm 47 is a wonderful song of praise to God. Even without knowing the original tune, we can easily imagine these lyrics being sung in the Temple or a church today (hopefully accounting for the specific references to Israel). The song is divided into two stanzas by the selah at the end of verse four. […]

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Psalm 46

Psalm 46 has a fun little conspiracy that connects it to William Shakespeare. Shakespeare turned 46 in 1610, as the finishing touches were being made on the King James Version of the Bible, which was first published in 1611. According to the legend, Shakespeare wanted to leave a personal imprint on the KJV, so he talked

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Psalm 45

Psalm 45 is unique in several ways, beginning with the title. It is the first of only four psalms to use have been written with the style or tune of “Lilies” (Psalms 60 and 69 by David and Psalm 80 by Asaph are the others). Outside of these psalms, the term “lilies” has limited use

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