Psalms 45
1 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.
“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!
2 You are more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on your lips: therefore God has blessed you for ever.
Thou art the fairest of the sons of men; Grace is poured upon thy lips; For God hath blessed thee for ever!
3 Gird your sword upon your thigh, O Mighty One, in your comeliness, and in your beauty;
Gird thy sword to thy thigh, thou hero!-Thy glory and ornament!
4 and bend [your bow], and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and your right hand shall guide you wonderfully.
In thy glorious array ride forth victoriously, On account of truth and mildness and justice; And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things!
5 Your weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under you) [they are] in the heart of the king's enemies.
Thine arrows are sharp; Nations shall fall before thee; They shall pierce the hearts of the king's enemies.
6 Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of your kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.
Thy throne is God's for ever and ever; The sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of equity!
7 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your fellows.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest iniquity; Therefore hath God, thy God, anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows!
8 Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia [are exhaled] from your garments, [and] out of the ivory palaces,
All thy garments are myrrh, aloes, and cassia; From ivory palaces stringed instruments delight thee.
9 with which kings' daughters have gladdened you for your honour: the queen stood by on your right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, [and] arrayed in various colours.
Daughters of kings are among thy chosen women; On the right hand stands the queen In gold of Ophir.
10 Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline your ear; forget also your people, and your father's house.
Listen, O daughter! consider, and incline thine ear; Forget thy people and thy father's house!
11 Because the king has desired your beauty; for he is your Lord.
For the king is captivated with thy beauty; He is now thy lord; honor thou him!
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate your favour.
So shall the daughter of Tyre seek thy favor with gifts, The rich among the people.
13 All her glory [is that] of the daughter of the king of Esebon, robed [as she is] in golden fringed garments,
All glorious is the king's daughter in her apartment; Her robe is embroidered with gold.
14 in embroidered [clothing]: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to you.
In variegated garments shall she be led to the king; The virgin companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
15 They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple.
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought; They shall enter the king's palace.
16 Instead of your fathers children are born to you: you shall make them princes over all the earth.
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes through all the land.
17 They shall make mention of your name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to you for ever, even for ever and ever.
I will make thy name memorable throughout all generations; So shall the nations praise thee for ever and ever!
