Psalms

45 0 To the chief Musician upon ^aShoshannim, for the sons of Korah, ¹Maschil, A Song ^bof loves.

1 MY heart ²is ^*inditing a ^cgood matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching ^dthe king: my tongue is the pen of ^ea ready writer.

2 Thou ^fart fairer than the children of men: ^ggrace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath ^hblessed thee for ever.

3 ^*Gird thy ⁱsword upon thy thigh, O most ^jmighty, with thy ^kglory and thy majesty.

4 And in thy majesty ³ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and ^lthy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

5 Thine ^marrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

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

7 Thou ^olovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, ^pthy God, hath ^qanointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

8 All ^rthy garments smell of ^smyrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ^tivory palaces, whereby ^uthey have made thee glad.

9 ^vKings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand ^wthe queen in ^xgold of Ophir.

10 ^yHearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; ^zforget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

11 So ^ashall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is ^bthy Lord; and worship thou him.

12 And ^cthe daughter of Tyre shall be there with ^da gift; even the ^erich among the people shall intreat thy ⁴favour.

13 The ^fking's daughter is ^gall glorious within: ^hher clothing is of wrought gold.

14 She ⁱshall be brought unto the king ^jin ^*raiment of needlework: the ^kvirgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

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

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

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