Psalms 45

1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding. A Canticle for the Beloved. My heart has uttered a good word. I speak of my works to the king. My tongue is like the pen of a scribe who writes quickly.

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 a brilliant form before the sons of men. Grace has been poured freely into your lips. Because of this, God has blessed you in eternity.

You are more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on your lips: therefore God has blessed you for ever.

3 Fasten your sword to your thigh, O most powerful one.

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

4 With your splendor and your excellence extended, proceed prosperously, and reign for the sake of truth and meekness and justice, and so will your right hand lead you wondrously.

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

5 Your arrows are sharp; the people will fall under you, with the hearts of the enemies of the king.

Your weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under you) [they are] in the heart of the king's enemies.

6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of true aim.

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

7 You have loved justice and hated iniquity. Because of this, God, your God, has anointed you, before your co-heirs, with the oil of gladness.

You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your fellows.

8 Myrrh and balsam and cinnamon perfume your garments, from the houses of ivory. From these, they have delighted you:

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

9 the daughters of kings in your honor. The queen assisted at your right hand, in clothing of gold, encircled with diversity.

with which kings' daughters have gladdened you for your honor: the queen stood by on your right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, [and] arrayed in various colors.

10 Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear. And forget your people and your father’s house.

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

11 And the king will desire your beauty. For he is the Lord your God, and they will adore him.

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

12 And the daughters of Tyre will entreat your countenance with gifts: all the rich men of the people.

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

13 All the glory of the daughter of its king is inside, in golden fringes,

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

14 clothed all around with diversities. After her, virgins will be led to the king. Her neighbors will be brought to you.

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

15 They will be brought with gladness and exultation. They will be led into the temple of the king.

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

16 For your fathers, sons have been born to you. You will establish them as leaders over all the earth.

Instead of your fathers children are born to you: you shall make them princes over all the earth.

17 They will remember your name always, for generation after generation. Because of this, people will confess to you in eternity, even forever and ever.

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.