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 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.

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

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

11  So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty:

For he is xthy Lord; and yworship thou him.

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

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

13  The king’s daughter is ball glorious cwithin:

Her clothing is of wrought gold.

14  dShe shall be brought unto the king ein 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,

fWhom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

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

Therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.