Psalm 45

45:1 My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. ⁴ 

I say, “I have composed this special song ⁵  for the king;

my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe.” ⁶ 

45:2 You are the most handsome of all men! ⁷ 

You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! ⁸ 

For this reason ⁹  God grants you continual blessings. ¹⁰ 

45:3 Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! ¹¹ 

Appear in your majestic splendor! ¹² 

45:4 Appear in your majesty and be victorious! ¹³ 

Ride forth for the sake of what is right, ¹⁴ 

on behalf of justice! ¹⁵ 

Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts! ¹⁶ 

45:5 Your arrows are sharp

and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies.

Nations fall at your feet. ¹⁷ 

45:6 Your throne, ¹⁸  O God, is permanent. ¹⁹ 

The scepter ²⁰  of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

45:7 You love ²¹  justice and hate evil. ²² 

For this reason God, your God ²³  has anointed you ²⁴ 

with the oil of joy, ²⁵  elevating you above your companions. ²⁶ 

45:8 All your garments are perfumed with ²⁷  myrrh, aloes, and cassia.

From the luxurious palaces ²⁸  comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy. ²⁹ 

45:9 Princesses ³⁰  are among your honored guests, ³¹ 

your bride ³²  stands at your right hand, wearing jewelry made with gold from Ophir. ³³ 

45:10 Listen, O princess! ³⁴ 

Observe and pay attention! ³⁵ 

Forget your homeland ³⁶  and your family! ³⁷ 

45:11 Then ³⁸  the king will be attracted by ³⁹  your beauty.

After all, he is your master! Submit ⁴⁰  to him! ⁴¹ 

45:12 Rich people from Tyre ⁴² 

will seek your favor by bringing a gift. ⁴³ 

45:13 The princess ⁴⁴  looks absolutely magnificent, ⁴⁵ 

decked out in pearls and clothed in a brocade trimmed with gold. ⁴⁶ 

45:14 In embroidered robes she is escorted to the king.

Her attendants, the maidens of honor who follow her,

are led before you. ⁴⁷ 

45:15 They are bubbling with joy as they walk in procession

and enter the royal palace. ⁴⁸ 

45:16 Your ⁴⁹  sons will carry ⁵⁰  on the dynasty of your ancestors; ⁵¹ 

you will make them princes throughout the land.

45:17 I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years, ⁵² 

then the nations will praise you ⁵³  forever.