1: (To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction; -- a song of the Beloved.) My heart is welling forth [with] a good matter: I say what I have composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2: Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 3: Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O mighty one, [in] thy majesty and thy splendour; 4: And [in] thy splendour ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5: Thine arrows are sharp -- peoples fall under thee -- in the heart of the king's enemies. 6: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom: 7: Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions. 8: Myrrh and aloes, cassia, are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad. 9: Kings' daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir. 10: Hearken, daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; and forget thine own people and thy father's house: 11: And the king will desire thy beauty; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him. 12: And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the rich ones among the people, shall court thy favour. 13: All glorious is the king's daughter within; her clothing is of wrought gold: 14: She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of embroidery; the virgins behind her, her companions, shall be brought in unto thee: 15: With joy and gladness shall they be brought; they shall enter into the king's palace. 16: Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons; princes shalt thou make them in all the earth. 17: I will make thy name to be remembered throughout all generations; therefore shall the peoples praise thee for ever and ever.
