Psalm 45

1  MY HEART overflows with a goodly theme; I address my psalm to a King. My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer.2  You are fairer than the children of men; graciousness is poured upon Your lips; therefore God has blessed You forever.3  Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O mighty One, in Your glory and Your majesty!4  And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly for the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); and let Your right hand guide You to tremendous things.5  Your arrows are sharp; the peoples fall under You; Your darts pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies.6  Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.7  You love righteousness, uprightness, and right standing with God and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows. 8  Your garments are all fragrant with myrrh, aloes, and cassia; stringed instruments make You glad.9  Kings’ daughters are among Your honorable women; at Your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.10  Hear, O daughter, consider, submit, and consent to my instruction: forget also your own people and your father’s house;11  So will the King desire your beauty; because He is your Lord, be submissive and reverence and honor Him.12  And, O daughter of Tyre, the richest of the people shall entreat your favor with a gift.13  The King’s daughter in the inner part [of the palace] is all glorious; her clothing is inwrought with gold. 14  She shall be brought to the King in raiment of needlework; with the virgins, her companions that follow her, she shall be brought to You.15  With gladness and rejoicing will they be brought; they will enter into the King’s palace.16  Instead of Your fathers shall be Your sons, whom You will make princes in all the land.17  I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore shall the people praise and give You thanks forever and ever.

Psalm 45

For the music director; according to the tune of “Lilies;” by the Korahites, a well-written poem,3 a love song.

1 My heart is stirred by a beautiful song.
I say, “I have composed this special song for the king;
my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe.”

2 You are the most handsome of all men!
You speak in an impressive and fitting manner!
For this reason God grants you continual blessings.

3 Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior!
Appear in your majestic splendor!

4 Appear in your majesty and be victorious!
Ride forth for the sake of what is right,
on behalf of justice!
Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts!

5 Your arrows are sharp
and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies.
Nations fall at your feet.

6 Your throne, O God, is permanent.
The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

7 You love justice and hate evil.
For this reason God, your God has anointed you
with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

8 All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia.
From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.

9 Princesses are among your honored guests,
your bride stands at your right hand, wearing jewelry made with gold from Ophir.

10 Listen, O princess!
Observe and pay attention!
Forget your homeland and your family!

11 Then the king will be attracted by your beauty.
After all, he is your master! Submit to him!

12 Rich people from Tyre
will seek your favor by bringing a gift.

13 The princess looks absolutely magnificent,
decked out in pearls and clothed in a brocade trimmed with gold.

14 In embroidered robes she is escorted to the king.
Her attendants, the maidens of honor who follow her,
are led before you.

15 They are bubbling with joy as they walk in procession
and enter the royal palace.

16 Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors;
you will make them princes throughout the land.

17 I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years,
then the nations will praise you forever.