Psalms 45

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song. My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

2 You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

3 Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

4 In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.

5 Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.

6 Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

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

8 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

9 The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.

10 Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

11 and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

12 The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.

13 All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.

14 In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.

15 They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.

16 Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.

17 I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.

1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. 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 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

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

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

5 Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.

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

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

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

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

10 ¶ 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 thy beauty: for he [is] thy Lord; and worship thou him.

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

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

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

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

16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes 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.

1 a bridal song and teaching the children Korah of the roses to sing.

2 My heart is a poet of a song, I will sing of a king: my tongue is a pen of a good writer.

3 Thou art the fairest of the children of men: thy lips are lovely: therefore God bless thee for ever.

4 Gird up thy sword at thy side, thou hero, and adorn thyself fair!

5 Let it prosper thee in thy ornaments. Prove thou well the truth, and keep the wretched in the right, and thy right hand shall shew wonders.

6 Sharp are thine arrows, that the nations fall down before thee in the midst of the king's enemies.

7 Thy throne abideth for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a straight sceptre.

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

9 Thy garments are all myrrh, and aloes, and kezia, when thou comest forth out of the ivory palaces in thy fair splendor.

10 In thy ornaments go the daughters of kings: the bride is at thy right hand in the most precious gold.

11 Hear, daughter, look upon it, and incline thine ears; forget thy people, and thy father's house,

12 Then shall the king delight in thy beauty: for he is thy Lord, and thou shalt worship him.

13 The daughter of Zor shall be there with a gift; the rich among the people shall plead before thee.

14 The king's daughter is all glorious within: she is clothed with jewels of gold.

15 They bring her to the king in her embroidered garments; and they bring her maidens that go after her unto thee.

16 They are led with joy and gladness, and go into the king's palace.

17 Instead of thy fathers thou shalt have children; and thou shalt make them rulers in all the earth.

18 I will remember thy name from child to child: therefore shall the nations give thee thanks for ever and ever.