Psalm 44 and 45. A psalm of persecution followed by a wedding Darkest persecution psalm followed by a wedding and then a women's chorus and quoted in Hebrews as a reasons Jesus is greater than the angels

1. Adjacent Psalms
that tell a story
part 1
Persecution followed by a wedding
then a song
Psalm 44 and 45

2. Persecution
Psalm 44

3. The sufferings of Psalm 44 - Romans 8:36.
we are led like sheep to the slaughter
Persecution
Psalm 44

4. In Psalm 23 “You lead me in paths of
righteousness for Your name’s sake’
In Psalm 44 “We are led like lambs to the
slaughter for Your name’s sake”
Persecution
Psalm 44

5. But the cross is followed by a crown…
Persecution
Psalm 44

6. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness
or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:
“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that
neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither
the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither
height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be
able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:35-38

7. Persecution followed by a wedding
Psalm 44 and 45

8. Persecution followed by a wedding
Psalm 44 and 45
Suffering is followed by the joys of the
marriage supper of the lamb in Psalm 45
(where a King of Israel marries a gentile
bride and Psalm 45 is part of an argument in
Hebrews 1 to show that Jesus is better than
the angels )

9. Psalm 45
For the director of music. To the tune of
“Lilies.” Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.
A wedding song.

10. And Psalm 45 is quoted in Hebrews 1
as part of an argument that Jesus is
better than the angels
“Thy Throne Oh God is forever and ever
and the righteous scepter is the scepter
of your throne.” Hebrews 1:8

11. The Bible begins with a Wedding
The Bible ends with a Wedding

12. Isaiah ends with Wedding language
and the spreading of the canopy

13. Hosea speaks of wedding language

14. Revelation points to a hope
of ‘the marriage supper of the Lamb”

15. Some see the world in part
as a wedding gift to God’s bride, the church,
to enjoy
God, after all doesn’t need it.

16. Wedding followed by women’s chorus
Psalm 45 and 46

17. Wedding followed by women’s chorus
Psalm 45 and 46
A celebration

18. The response to the wedding in Psalm 46 is
a women’s chorus of blessing ( ''according to
the Alamoth" in the title having a feminine
root - at least in the view of British theologian
Michael Reeves and some others) of Psalm
46 where two stanzas end saying ‘God is our
[mighty] fortress’ - and thanks for the song
Martin Luther
Wedding followed by women’s chorus
Psalm 45 and 46

19. Adjacent Psalms
that tell a story
part 1
fin’
Persecution followed by a wedding
then a song