Psalm 45

TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN UPON SHOSHANNIM, FOR THE SONS OF KORAH, MASCHIL, A SONG OF LOVES.

1 My heart is inditing a good matter:

I speak of the things which I have made touching the king:

my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

2 Thou art fairer than the children of men:

grace is poured into thy lips:

therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty,

with thy glory and thy majesty.

4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness;

and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies;

whereby the people fall under thee.

6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:

the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:

therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces,

whereby they have made thee glad.

9 Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women:

upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;

forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty:

for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift;

even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour.

13 The king’s daughter is all glorious within:

her clothing is of wrought gold.

14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework:

the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought:

they shall enter into the king’s palace.

16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children,

whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations:

therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

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