Psalm 45:1–9

1  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.

2  Thou art fairer than the children of men:

cGrace is poured into thy lips:

Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

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

With thy gglory and thy majesty.

4  And in thy majesty †hride prosperously

Because of truth and meekness and righteousness;

And thy right hand shall teach thee iterrible things.

5  Thine jarrows are sharp

In the heart of the king’s enemies;

Whereby the people fall under thee.

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

The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

7  lThou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:

Therefore ||mGod, thy God, hath nanointed thee

With the oil of ogladness above thy fellows.

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

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

9  Kings’ daughters were among qthy honourable women:

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