Psalms 45:1
My heart overflows with a good matter. I speak the things which I have made concerning the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Psalms 45:2
Thou are fairer than the sons of men. Grace is poured into thy lips. Therefore God has blessed thee forever.
Psalms 45:3
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty.
Psalms 45:4
And in thy majesty ride on prosperously because of truth and gentleness and righteousness. And thy right hand shall teach thee awesome things.
Psalms 45:5
Thine arrows are sharp. The peoples fall under thee. They are in the heart of the king's enemies.
Psalms 45:6
Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of straightness is the scepter of thy kingdom.
Psalms 45:7
Thou have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
Psalms 45:8
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
Psalms 45:9
Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women. At thy right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
Psalms 45:10
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear. Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.
Psalms 45:11
So will the king desire thy beauty, for he is thy lord, and reverence thou him.
Psalms 45:12
And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with a gift. The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.
Psalms 45:13
Inside, the king's daughter is all glorious. Her clothing is embroidered with gold.
Psalms 45:14
She shall be led to the king in broidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to thee.
Psalms 45:15
With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king's palace.
Psalms 45:16
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons, whom thou shall make rulers in all the earth.
Psalms 45:17
I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give thee thanks forever and ever.