Psalms 45

1 My heart is composing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made concerning the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

My heart overflows with a good matter. I speak the things which I have made concerning the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

2 You are fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into your lips: therefore God has blessed you for ever.

Thou are fairer than the sons of men. Grace is poured into thy lips. Therefore God has blessed thee forever.

3 Gird your sword upon your thigh, O most mighty, with your glory and your majesty.

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

4 And in your majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and your right hand shall teach you terrible things.

And in thy majesty ride on prosperously because of truth and gentleness and righteousness. And thy right hand shall teach thee awesome things.

5 your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under you.

Thine arrows are sharp. The peoples fall under thee. They are in the heart of the king's enemies.

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

Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of straightness is the scepter of thy kingdom.

7 You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

Thou have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

8 All your garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made you glad.

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

9 Kings' daughters were among your honourable women: upon your right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women. At thy right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget also your own people, and your father's house;

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear. Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.

11 So shall the king greatly desire your beauty: for he is your Lord; and worship you him.

So will the king desire thy beauty, for he is thy lord, and reverence thou him.

12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall implore your favour.

And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with a gift. The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.

13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

Inside, the king's daughter is all glorious. Her clothing is embroidered with gold.

14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto you.

She shall be led to the king in broidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to thee.

15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.

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

16 Instead of your fathers shall be your children, whom you may make princes in all the earth.

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons, whom thou shall make rulers in all the earth.

17 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise you for ever and ever.

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