Psalm 45

International Standard Version

² You are the most handsome of Adam’s descendants;
    grace has anointed your lips;
        therefore God has blessed you forever.
³ Strap your sword to your side,
    mighty warrior, along with your honor and majesty.
⁴ In your majesty ride forth for the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness;
    and your strong right hand will teach you awesome things.
⁵ Your arrows are sharpened
    to penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies.
        People will fall under you.

⁶ Your throne, God, exists forever and ever,
    and the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter.
⁷ You love justice and hate wickedness.
    That is why God, even your God, has anointed you
        rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.
⁸ All your clothes are scented with^[c] myrrh, aloes, and cassia.
    From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
⁹ The king’s daughters are among your honorable women;
    the queen, dressed in gold from Ophir, has taken her place at your right hand.”

¹⁰ Listen, daughter! Consider and pay attention.
    Forget your people and your father’s house,
¹¹ and the king will greatly desire your beauty.
    Because he is your lord, you should bow in respect before him.
¹² The daughter^[d] of Tyre will come with^[e] a wedding gift;
    wealthy people will entreat your favor.
¹³ In her chamber,^[f] the king’s daughter is glorious;
    her clothing is embroidered with gold thread.
¹⁴ In embroidered garments
    she is presented to the king.
Her virgin companions who follow her train
    will be presented to you.
¹⁵ Filled with joy and gladness, they are presented
    when they enter the king’s palace.

¹⁶ Your sons will take the place of your ancestors,
    and you will set them up as princes in all the earth.
¹⁷ From generation to generation,
    I will cause your name to be remembered.
        Therefore people will thank you forever and ever.