Psalmorum 45
1 In finem, pro iis, qui commutabuntur, filiis Core, ad intellectum, Canticum pro dilecto. Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum: dico ego opera mea regi. Lingua mea calamus scribæ, velociter scribentis.
For the leader; on shoshannim. Of the Korahites. A maskil. A love song. My heart is astir with beautiful words: I will sing a song, concerning the king, with tongue like the pen of a ready writer.
2 Speciosus forma præ filiis hominum, diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis: propterea benedixit te Deus in æternum.
Your beauty is more than mortal, grace is shed over your lips: therefore God has blessed you forever.
3 Accingere gladio tuo super femur tuum, potentissime.
Warrior, strap your sword on your thigh. What glory and splendour!
4 Specie tua et pulchritudine tua intende, prospere procede, et regna, propter veritatem et mansuetudinem, et iustitiam: et deducet te mirabiliter dextera tua.
Good fortune attend you, as forth you ride in the cause of good faith, and as champion of justice. May your arm instruct you in deeds of dread.
5 Sagittæ tuæ acutæ, populi sub te cadent, in corda inimicorum regis.
Sharp are your arrows; nations fall under you: pierced to the heart are the foes of the king.
6 Sedes tua Deus in sæculum sæculi: virga directionis virga regni tui.
Your throne shall endure for ever and ever your royal sceptre a sceptre of equity.
7 Dilexisti iustitiam, et odisti iniquitatem: propterea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus oleo lætitiæ præ consortibus tuis.
Right you love and wrong you hate: therefore the Lord your God anoints you With oil of gladness above your fellows.
8 Myrrha, et gutta, et casia a vestimentis tuis, a domibus eburneis: ex quibus delectaverunt te
With myrrh, aloes, and cassia your robes are all fragrant, you are gladdened by music of ivory harps.
9 filiæ regum in honore tuo. Astitit regina a dextris tuis in vestitu deaurato: circumdata varietate.
King’s daughters stand ready with jewels for you, at your right hand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 Audi filia, et vide, et inclina aurem tuam: et obliviscere populum tuum, et domum patris tui.
Listen, daughter, and see; and incline your ear: forget your folk and your father’s house.
11 Et concupiscet rex decorem tuum: quoniam ipse est Dominus Deus tuus, et adorabunt eum.
And when the king desires your beauty, bow to him, for he is your lord.
12 Et filiæ Tyri in muneribus vultum tuum deprecabuntur: omnes divites plebis.
So shall the Tyrians come with gifts, and the richest of people will do you homage.
13 Omnis gloria eius filiæ regis ab intus, in fimbriis aureis
The king’s daughter is glorious altogether, with dress of pearls inwrought with gold.
14 circumamicta varietatibus. Adducentur regi virgines post eam: proximæ eius afferentur tibi.
In many-coloured robes she is led to the king, with the virgin companions she brought in her train.
15 Afferentur in lætitia et exultatione: adducentur in templum regis.
The king’s palace they enter with joy and rejoicing.
16 Pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii: constitues eos principes super omnem terram.
May sons of yours take the place of your fathers, whom you will make princes in all the land.
17 Memores erunt nominis tui in omni generatione et generationem. Propterea populi confitebuntur tibi in æternum: et in sæculum sæculi.
Your name will I celebrate world without end, so that nations shall praise you for ever and ever.
