To the chief musician on Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, a maskil, a song of love
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📚✭✭My heart overflows✭with a good theme.
I speak of the things which I have
produced about the king.
My tongue is the pen
of a ready writer.
2 📚✭You are fairer than the sons
of men.
Grace is poured into your lips;
therefore God has blessed
you forever.
3 📚✭Gird your sword upon
your thigh,
O most Mighty One,
with your glory and your majesty.
4 📚And in your majesty ride victoriously
in the cause of truth and meekness
and righteousness;
and your right hand will teach
you awesome things.
5 📚Your arrows are sharp
in the heart of the king’s enemies.
The peoples fall under you.
6 📚✭Your throne,
O God, is forever
and ever.
The sceptre of your kingdom is a
sceptre of righteousness.
7 📚✭You love righteousness
and hate wickedness.
Therefore God, your God,
has anointed you with the oil
of gladness more than
your companions.
8 📚✭All your garments smell
of myrrh,
and aloes, and cassia,
out of the ivory palaces,
by which they have made
you glad.
9 📚Kings’ daughters are among
your honourable women.
At your right hand stands the queen
in gold of Ophir.
10 📚✭Listen, O daughter, and consider,
and incline your ear.
Also forget your own people,
and your father’s house;
11 📚And the king will greatly desire
your beauty.
Because he is your Lord,
worship him.
12 📚✭And the daughter of Tyre will be there
with a gift.
The rich among the people will seek
your favour.
13 📚✭The king’s daughter is all glorious
within✭ the palace.
Her clothing is woven
with gold.
14 📚She will be brought to the king
in embroidered garments.
Her virgin companions who follow her
will be brought to you.
15 📚They will be brought in with gladness
and rejoicing.
They will enter the king’s palace.
16 📚✭Instead of your fathers there
will be your sons,
whom you will make princes
in all the earth.
17 📚I will cause your name
to be remembered
in all generations;
therefore the people will praise you
forever and ever.