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.
To the Overseer. — 'On the Lilies.' — By sons of Korah. — An Instruction. — A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue [is] the pen of a speedy 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 hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.
3 Gird your sword upon your thigh, O Mighty One, in your comeliness, and in your beauty;
Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!
4 and bend [your bow], and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and your right hand shall guide you wonderfully.
As to Thy majesty — prosper! — ride! Because of truth, and meekness — righteousness, And Thy right hand showeth Thee fearful 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, — Peoples fall under Thee — In the heart of the enemies of the king.
6 Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of your kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.
Thy throne, O God, [is] age-during, and for ever, A sceptre of uprightness [Is] the sceptre of Thy kingdom.
7 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your fellows.
Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.
8 Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia [are exhaled] from your garments, [and] out of the ivory palaces,
Myrrh and aloes, cassia! all thy garments, Out of palaces of ivory Stringed instruments have made thee glad.
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 precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.
10 Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline your ear; forget also your people, and your father's house.
Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,
11 Because the king has desired your beauty; for he is your Lord.
And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he [is] thy lord — bow thyself to him,
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate your favour.
And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people do appease thy face.
13 All her glory [is that] of the daughter of the king of Esebon, robed [as she is] in golden fringed garments,
All glory [is] the daughter of the king within, Of gold-embroidered work [is] her clothing.
14 in embroidered [clothing]: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to you.
In divers colours she is brought to the king, Virgins — after her — her companions, Are brought to thee.
15 They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple.
They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king.
16 Instead of your fathers children are born to you: you shall make them princes over all the earth.
Instead of thy fathers are thy sons, Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the earth.
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 make mention of Thy name in all generations, Therefore do peoples praise Thee, To the age, and for ever!
