Psalms 45

1 For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song. My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful 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 You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

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 Strap your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and your majesty.

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

4 In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.

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

5 Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart 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 Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.

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

7 You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your 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 your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.

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

9 Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands 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, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.

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

11 So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.

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

12 The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.

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

13 The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.

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

14 She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.

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

15 With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king’s palace.

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

16 Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth.

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

17 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever 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.