Psalms 45

1 TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “LILIES.” AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. A SONG OF LOVES. My heart has stirred a good word, I am telling my works to the King, My tongue [is] the pen of a speedy writer.

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 have been beautified above the sons of men, Grace has been poured into Your lips, Therefore God has blessed You for all time.

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 Gird Your sword on the thigh, O Mighty [One], Your splendor and Your majesty!

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

4 As for Your majesty—prosper [and] ride! Because of truth, meekness, [and] righteousness, And Your right hand shows You fearful things.

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—Peoples fall under You—In the heart 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 for] all time and forever, A scepter of uprightness [Is] the scepter of Your kingdom.

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

7 You have loved righteousness and hate wickedness, Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With oil of joy above Your companions.

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 aloes, [and] cassia [Cover] all Your garments; Out of palaces of ivory, Stringed instruments have made You glad.

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

9 Daughters of kings [are] among Your precious ones, A queen has stood at Your right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.

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, O daughter, and see, 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 desires your beauty, Because He [is] your Lord—bow yourself to Him,

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

12 And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people appease your face.

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

13 All glory [is] the daughter of the king within, Her clothing [is] with filigrees of gold.

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

14 In various colors she is brought to the King; Afterward, virgins, her companions, Are brought to You.

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

15 They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the King.

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

16 Instead of Your fathers are Your sons, You appoint them for princes in all the earth.

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

17 I make mention of Your Name in all generations, Therefore peoples praise You, For all time and forever!

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.