Psalms 45

1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves. My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

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.

2 Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Speciosus forma præ filiis hominum, diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis: propterea benedixit te Deus in æternum.

3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.

Accingere gladio tuo super femur tuum, potentissime.

4 And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, Because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness: And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Specie tua et pulchritudine tua intende, prospere procede, et regna, propter veritatem, et mansuetudinem, et justitiam; et deducet te mirabiliter dextera tua.

5 Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; [They are] in the heart of the king’s enemies.

Sagittæ tuæ acutæ: populi sub te cadent, in corda inimicorum regis.

6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Sedes tua, Deus, in sæculum sæculi; virga directionis virga regni tui.

7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Dilexisti justitiam, et odisti iniquitatem; propterea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus, oleo lætitiæ, præ consortibus tuis.

8 All thy garments [smell of] myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

Myrrha, et gutta, et casia a vestimentis tuis, a domibus eburneis; ex quibus delectaverunt te

9 Kings’ daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

filiæ regum in honore tuo. Astitit regina a dextris tuis in vestitu deaurato, circumdata varietate.

10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house:

Audi, filia, et vide, et inclina aurem tuam; et obliviscere populum tuum, et domum patris tui.

11 So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him.

Et concupiscet rex decorem tuum, quoniam ipse est Dominus Deus tuus, et adorabunt eum.

12 And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.

Et filiæ Tyri in muneribus vultum tuum deprecabuntur; omnes divites plebis.

13 The king’s daughter within [the palace] is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold.

Omnis gloria ejus filiæ regis ab intus, in fimbriis aureis,

14 She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.

circumamicta varietatibus. Adducentur regi virgines post eam; proximæ ejus afferentur tibi.

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

Afferentur in lætitia et exsultatione; adducentur in templum regis.

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

Pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii; constitues eos principes super omnem terram.

17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever.

Memores erunt nominis tui in omni generatione et generationem: propterea populi confitebuntur tibi in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi.