1To the Chanter, upon Sosanim, an instruction of the children of Korah, a song of love. My heart is inditing of a good matter, I speak of that, which I have made of the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2Thou art the fairest among the children of men, full of grace are thy lips, therefore God blesseth thee for ever.
3Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, (O thou mighty) with worship and renown.
4Good luck have thou with thine honour, ride on with the truth, meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee wonderful things.
5Thy arrows are sharp, the people shall be subdued unto thee, even in the middest among the king's enemies.
6Thy seat (O God) endureth for ever: the scepter of thy kingdom is a right scepter.
7Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: wherefore God (which is thy God) hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8All thy garments are like myrrh, Aloes and Cassia, when thou comest out of thine ivory palaces in thy beautiful glory.
9Kings' daughters go in thy goodly array, and upon thy right hand standeth the queen in a vesture of the most fine gold.
10Hearken (O daughter) consider, and incline thine ear: forget thine own people, and thy father's house.
11So shall the king have pleasure in thy beauty, for he is thy Lord,(LORDE) and thou shalt worship him.
12The daughters of Tyre shall be there with gifts, the rich among the people shall make their supplication before thee.
13The king's daughter is all glorious within, her clothing is of wrought gold.
14She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework, and maidens after her: such as be next her shall be brought unto thee.
15With joy and gladness shall they be brought, and go into the king's palace.
16In stead of thy fathers thou hast gotten children, whom thou shalt make princes in all lands.
17I will remember thy name from one generation to another: therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, world without end.