PS-45:1 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.

PS-45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is

poured into thy

lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

PS-45:3 Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with

thy glory and

thy majesty.

PS-45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth

and meekness

[and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee

terrible things.

PS-45:5 Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's

enemies; [whereby]

the people fall under thee.

PS-45:6 Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre

of thy kingdom

[is] a right sceptre.

PS-45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:

therefore God, thy

God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy

fellows.

PS-45:8 All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and]

cassia, out of the

ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

PS-45:9 Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon

thy right

hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

PS-45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine

ear; forget also

thine own people, and thy father's house;

PS-45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he

[is] thy Lord;

and worship thou him.

PS-45:12 And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift;

[even] the

rich among the people shall entreat thy favour.

PS-45:13 The king's daughter [is] all glorious within: her

clothing [is] of

wrought gold.

PS-45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of

needlework: the

virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto

thee.

PS-45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they

shall enter

into the king's palace.

PS-45:16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou

mayest make

princes in all the earth.

PS-45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all

generations: therefore

shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

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