Psalm 45

Revised Geneva Translation

45 My heart stirs with good words. I will speak of my works concerning the King. My tongue is as the pen of a swift writer.

² You are more beautiful than the children of men. Grace is poured in Your lips because God has blessed You forever.

³ Gird Your sword upon Your Thigh, O Most Mighty, Your worship and Your Glory!

⁴ And prosper with Your Glory! Ride upon the Word of Truth and of humility and of righteousness. So, Your right Hand shall teach You terrible things.

⁵ Your arrows are sharp to pierce the heart of the king’s enemies. The people shall fall under You.

⁶ Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of Your Kingdom is a scepter of righteousness.

⁷ You love righteousness and hate wickedness, because God, even Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.

⁸ All Your garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia, of the ivory palaces where they have made You glad.

⁹ King’s daughters were among Your honorable women. Upon Your right hand stood the queen in a vesture of gold of Ophir.

¹⁰ Hear, O daughter, and consider and incline your ear. Also, forget your own people and your father’s house.

¹¹ So shall the King have pleasure in your beauty; for He is your LORD. And reverence Him.

¹² And the daughter of Tyre, with the rich of the people, shall do homage before your face with presents.

¹³ The King’s daughter is all glorious within. Her clothing is of embroidered gold.

¹⁴ She shall be brought to the King in clothing of needlework. The virgins who follow after her (her companions) shall be brought to You.

¹⁵ With joy and gladness they shall be brought and shall enter into the King’s palace.

¹⁶ Your children shall be in place of your fathers. You shall make them princes through all the Earth.

¹⁷ I will make Your Name remembered through all generations. Therefore, the people shall give thanks to You. World without end. To him who excels upon Alamoth: a song committed to the sons of Korah.