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Text:Psalm 45 (A Responsorial Setting)
Tune:EIN FESTE BURG (fragment)
Composer:Martin Luther

45B. Psalm 45 (A Responsorial Setting)

Refrain:
The throne of God is righteousness
and shall endure forever.

Text Information
First Line: The throne of God is righteousness
Title: Psalm 45 (A Responsorial Setting)
Publication Date: 2012
Scripture:
Topic: Church Year: Ascension of the Lord; Church Year: Passion/Palm Sunday; Evil (12 more...)
Source: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)
Copyright: Psalm text © 2006 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, admin. Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Notes: Responsorial refrain to reading of Psalm 45. Tone included for chanting. When using this psalm in the context of the Annunciation (see Luke 1:26-38), or when celebrating the everlasting reign of God and the lordship of Christ, use the first refrain. When the psalm is used as a love poem or interpreted allegorically as marriage imagery between Christ and the Church, use the alternate refrain.
Tune Information
Name: EIN FESTE BURG (fragment)
Composer: Martin Luther (1529)
Key: C Major
Copyright: Tone © 2011 Faith Alive Christian Resources



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