Psalm 45

Psalm XLV.

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.

My heart is inditing a good matter:

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

My tongue is the ^apen of ^ba ready writer.

²Thou art fairer than the children of men:

^cGrace is poured into thy lips:

Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

^3dGird thy sword ^eupon thy thigh, ^fO most mighty,

With thy ^gglory and thy majesty.

⁴And in thy majesty ^hride prosperously

Because of truth and meekness and righteousness;

And thy right hand shall teach thee ⁱterrible things.

⁵Thine ^jarrows are sharp

In the heart of the king’s enemies;

Whereby the people fall under thee.

^6kThy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:

The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

^7lThou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:

Therefore ^mGod, thy God, hath ⁿanointed thee

With the oil of ^ogladness above thy fellows.

⁸All thy garments smell of ^pmyrrh, and ^paloes, and cassia,

Out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

⁹Kings’ daughters were among ^qthy honourable women:

^rUpon thy right hand did stand the ^squeen in ^tgold of ^uOphir.

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

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

¹¹So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty:

For he is ^xthy Lord; and ^yworship thou him.

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

Even ^athe rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

¹³The king’s daughter is ^ball glorious ^cwithin:

Her clothing is of wrought gold.

^14dShe shall be brought unto the king ^ein raiment of needlework:

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

¹⁵With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought:

They shall enter into the king’s palace.

¹⁶Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children,

^fWhom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

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

Therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.