Psalms 45

1 “For the leader of the music. To be accompanied with the Shoshannim. A song of loveliness by the sons of Korah.” My heart is overflowing with a good matter; I will address my work to the king: May my tongue be like the pen of a ready writer!

For the end, for alternate [strains] by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved. My heart has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.

2 Thou art the fairest of the sons of men; Grace is poured upon thy lips; For God hath blessed thee for ever!

Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever.

3 Gird thy sword to thy thigh, thou hero!-Thy glory and ornament!

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty;

4 In thy glorious array ride forth victoriously, On account of truth and mildness and justice; And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things!

and bend [thy bow], and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.

5 Thine arrows are sharp; Nations shall fall before thee; They shall pierce the hearts of the king's enemies.

Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under thee) [they are] in the heart of the king's enemies.

6 Thy throne is God's for ever and ever; The sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of equity!

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.

7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest iniquity; Therefore hath God, thy God, anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows!

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.

8 All thy garments are myrrh, aloes, and cassia; From ivory palaces stringed instruments delight thee.

Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia [are exhaled] from thy garments, [and] out of the ivory palaces,

9 Daughters of kings are among thy chosen women; On the right hand stands the queen In gold of Ophir.

with which kings' daughters have gladdened thee for thine honour: the queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, [and] arrayed in divers colours.

10 Listen, O daughter! consider, and incline thine ear; Forget thy people and thy father's house!

Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father's house.

11 For the king is captivated with thy beauty; He is now thy lord; honor thou him!

Because the king has desired thy beauty; for he is thy Lord.

12 So shall the daughter of Tyre seek thy favor with gifts, The rich among the people.

And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate thy favour.

13 All glorious is the king's daughter in her apartment; Her robe is embroidered with gold.

All her glory [is that] of the daughter of the king of Esebon, robed [as she is] in golden fringed garments,

14 In variegated garments shall she be led to the king; The virgin companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

in embroidered [clothing]: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to thee.

15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought; They shall enter the king's palace.

They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple.

16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes through all the land.

Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

17 I will make thy name memorable throughout all generations; So shall the nations praise thee for ever and ever!

They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee for ever, even for ever and ever.