Psalm 45

For the end, for ¹alternate strains by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved.

¹ My heart ²has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer. ² Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever. ³ Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty; ⁴ and bend thy bow, and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully. ⁵ Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under thee) they are in the heart of the king's enemies.

^{6 3}Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness. ⁷ Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.

⁸ Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia are exhaled from thy garments, and out of the ivory palaces, ⁹ with which kings' daughters have gladdened thee for thine honour: the queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, and arrayed in divers colours. ¹⁰ Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father's house. ¹¹ Because the king has desired thy beauty; for he is thy Lord. ¹² And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate thy ⁴favour.

¹³ All her glory is that of the daughter of

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the king ⁵of Esebon, robed as she is in golden fringed garments, ¹⁴ in embroidered clothing: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to thee. ¹⁵ They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple. ¹⁶ Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth. ¹⁷ They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee for ever, even ⁶for ever and ever.