Psalm 45
6,6,8,6
^1My heart inditing is
good matter in a song:
I speak the things that I have made,
which to the King belong:
My tongue shall be as quick,
his honour to indite,
As is the pen of any scribe
that useth fast to write.
^2Thou'rt fairest of all men;
grace in thy lips doth flow:
And therefore blessings evermore
on thee doth God bestow.
^3Thy sword gird on thy thigh,
thou that art most of might:
Appear in dreadful majesty,
and in thy glory bright.
^4For meekness, truth, and right,
ride prosp'rously in state;
And thy right hand shall teach to thee
things terrible and great.
^5Thy shafts shall pierce their hearts
that foes are to the King;
Whereby into subjection
the people thou shalt bring.
^6Thy royal seat, O Lord,
for ever shall remain:
The sceptre of thy kingdom doth
all righteousness maintain.
^7Thou lov'st right, and hat'st ill;
for God, thy God, most high,
Above thy fellows hath with th' oil
of joy anointed thee.
^8Of myrrh and spices sweet
a smell thy garments had,
Out of the iv'ry palaces,
whereby they made thee glad.
^9And in thy glorious train
kings' daughters waiting stand;
And thy fair queen, in Ophir gold,
doth stand at thy right hand.
^10O daughter, take good heed,
incline, and give good ear;
Thou must forget thy kindred all,
and father's house most dear.
^11Thy beauty to the King
shall then delightful be:
And do thou humbly worship him,
because thy Lord is he.
^12The daughter then of Tyre
there with a gift shall be,
And all the wealthy of the land
shall make their suit to thee.
^13The daughter of the King
all glorious is within;
And with embroideries of gold
her garments wrought have been.
^14She cometh to the King
in robes with needle wrought;
The virgins that do follow her
shall unto thee be brought.
^15They shall be brought with joy,
and mirth on ev'ry side,
Into the palace of the King,
and there they shall abide.
^16And in thy fathers' stead,
thy children thou may'st take,
And in all places of the earth
them noble princes make.
^17I will shew forth thy name
to generations all:
Therefore the people evermore
to thee give praises shall.