For the end, for alternate [strains] by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved.

45:1 My heart has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.

45:2 Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever.

45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty;

45:4 and bend [thy bow], and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.

45:5 Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under thee) [they are] in the heart of the king's enemies.

45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.

45:7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.

45:8 Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia [are exhaled] from thy garments, [and] out of the ivory palaces,

45:9 with which kings' daughters have gladdened thee for thine honour: the queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, and] arrayed in divers colours.

45:10 Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father's house.

45:11 Because the king has desired thy beauty; for he is thy Lord.

45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate thy favour.

45:13 All her glory [is that] of the daughter of the king of Esebon, robed [as she is] in golden fringed garments,

45:14 in embroidered [clothing]: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to thee.

45:15 They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple.

45:16 Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

45:17 They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee for ever, even for ever and ever.

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.

45:1 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.

45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

45:9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

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.

45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.

45:16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.