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. |