Psalm 45
1My
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.
2Thou art fairer than the children
of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
4And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness;
and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
5Thine
arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right
sceptre.
7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest
wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces,
whereby they have made thee glad.
9Kings'
daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own
people, and thy father's house;
11So shall
the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
12And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat
thy favour.
13The king's daughter is all glorious
within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
14She
shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto
thee.
15With gladness and rejoicing shall
they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
16Instead
of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
17I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the
people praise thee for ever and ever.
