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The Book of Psalms

Chapter 45

American Standard Version

Ps 45:1My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Ps 45:2Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Ps 45:3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.
Ps 45:4And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, Because of truth and meekness and righteousness: And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Ps 45:5Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; They are in the heart of the king's enemies.
Ps 45:6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Ps 45:7Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Ps 45:8All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
Ps 45:9Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Ps 45:10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house:
Ps 45:11So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him.
Ps 45:12And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.
Ps 45:13The king's daughter within the palace is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold.
Ps 45:14She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.
Ps 45:15With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: They shall enter into the king's palace.
Ps 45:16Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth.
Ps 45:17I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song.