Psalm 45

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

² You are the most handsome of men;
    grace is poured upon your lips;
    therefore God has blessed you forever.^(B)
3 Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one,
    in your glory and majesty.^(C)

⁴ In your majesty ride on victoriously
    for the cause of truth and to defend^[a] the right;
    let your right hand teach you dread deeds.^(D)
5 Your arrows are sharp
    in the heart of the king’s enemies;
    the peoples fall under you.

⁶ Your throne, O God,^[b] endures forever and ever.
    Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;^(E)
7     you love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
    with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;^(F)
8     your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;^(G)
9     daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
    at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.^(H)

¹⁰ Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear;
    forget your people and your father’s house,^(I)
11     and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him;^(J)
12     Daughter Tyre will seek your favor with gifts,
the richest of the people^{(K) 13}     with all kinds of wealth.

The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;^[c](L)
14     in many-colored robes she is led to the king;
    behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.^(M)
15 With joy and gladness they are led along
    as they enter the palace of the king.

¹⁶ In the place of ancestors you, O king,^[d] shall have sons;
    you will make them princes in all the earth.^(N)
17 I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations;
    therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.^(O)