Psalms 45
1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
To the Chief Musician. On Shoshannim. For the Sons of Korah. A Psalm of Instruction. A Song of Love. Overflowed hath my heart, with an excellent theme, I will recite my poem concerning the king, Be, my tongue, [like] the pen of a scribe who is skilled.
2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Most beautiful thou art, beyond the sons of men, Graciousness hath been poured forth by thy lips, For this cause, hath God blessed thee, to times age-abiding.
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, [’Tis] thine honour and thy majesty;
4 And in thy majesty ride triumphantly because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall shew thee dreadful things.
And, [in] thy majesty, be successful! ride forth! on behalf of faithfulness, and humility—righteousness, And let thine own right hand show thee wonderful things.
5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Thine arrows, are sharp—Peoples, under thee, fall! In the heart of the foes of the king.
6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Thy throne, O God, is to times age-abiding and beyond, A sceptre of equity, is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness, —For this cause, hath God, thine own God, anointed thee, With the oil of gladness, beyond thy partners.
8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Myrrh and aloes, cassias, all thy garments, —Out of the palaces of ivory, the tones of strings, have rejoiced thee.
9 Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Daughters of kings, are among thine honourable women, Stationed is the bride at thy right hand, in gold of Ophir.
10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
Hearken, O daughter, and observe, Incline also thine ear, Forget, then, thine own people, And the house of thy father;
11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
When the king shall desire thy beauty, Surely, he, is thy lord, then bow down to him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
Also, the daughter of Tyre, [cometh in] with a present! Thy face, shall the rich of the people appease.
13 The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
All glorious—the daughter of a king [sitteth] within, Brocades, wrought with gold, [are] her clothing!
14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
In embroidered raiment, shall she be brought unto the king—The virgins that follow her, her companions, are to be conducted unto thee:
15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.
They shall be brought, with rejoicings and exultation, —They shall enter into the palace of the king!
16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
Instead of thy fathers, be thy sons, Thou shalt make them rulers in all the earth.
17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
I will keep in remembrance thy Name, through each succeeding generation, For this cause, peoples, shall praise thee, to times age-abiding and beyond.
