Daily Reading for April 25, 2026
Psalm 45
1My heart overflows with a goodly theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
2You are the most handsome of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
3Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your glory and majesty.
4In your majesty ride on victoriously for the cause of truth and to defend the right; let your right hand teach you dread deeds.
5Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; the peoples fall under you.
6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;
7you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
8your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;
9daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
10Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear; forget your people and your father’s house,
11and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him;
12the people of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts, the richest of the people
13with all kinds of wealth. The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;
14in many-colored robes she is led to the king; behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.
15With joy and gladness they are led along as they enter the palace of the king.
16In the place of ancestors you, O king, shall have sons; you will make them princes in all the earth.
17I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations; therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.