Psalms 45

1 For the chief musician; set to Shoshannim. A psalm of the sons of Korah. A maschil. A song of loves. My heart overflows on a good subject; I will read aloud the words I have composed about the king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

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.

2 You are fairer than the children of mankind; grace is poured onto your lips; therefore we know that God has blessed you forever.

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

3 Put your sword on your side, mighty one, in your glory and your majesty.

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

4 In your majesty ride on triumphantly because of trustworthiness, meekness, and righteousness; your right hand will teach you fearful things.

And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

5 Your arrows are sharp; the peoples fall under you; your arrows are in the hearts of the king's enemies.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever; a scepter of justice is the scepter of your kingdom.

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than your companions.

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

8 All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.

All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

9 Kings' daughters are among your honorable women; at your right hand stands the queen clothed in gold of Ophir.

Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

10 Listen, daughter, consider and incline your ear; forget 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 In this way the king will desire your beauty; he is your master; revere him.

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

12 The daughter of Tyre will be there with a gift; the rich among the people will beg for your favor.

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

13 The royal daughter in the palace is all glorious; her clothing is worked with gold.

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

14 She will be led to the king in embroidered dress; the virgins, her companions who follow her, will be brought to you.

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

15 They will be led by gladness and rejoicing; they will enter into the king's palace.

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

16 In the place of your fathers will be your children, whom you will make princes in all the earth.

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

17 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore the peoples will give you thanks forever and ever.

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