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| [1]Mine heart will utter forth a good matter: I will entreat in my works of the king: my tongue is as the pen of a swift writer. |
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| [2]Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured in thy lips, because God hath blessed thee forever. |
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| [3]Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Most Mighty, to wit, thy worship and thy glory, |
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| [4]And prosper with thy glory: ride upon the word of truth and of meekness and of righteousness: so thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. |
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| [5]Thine arrows are sharp to pierce the heart of the king's enemies: therefore the people shall fall under thee. |
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| [6]Thy throne, O God , is forever and ever: the scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of righteousness. |
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| [7]Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness, because God, even thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. |
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| [8]All thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes, and cassia, when thou comest out of the ivory palaces, where they have made thee glad. |
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| [9]King's daughters were among thine honorable wives: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold of Ophir. |
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| [10]Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear: forget also thine own people and thy father's house. |
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| [11]So shall the king have pleasure in thy beauty: for he is thy Lord, and reverence thou him. |
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| [12]And the daughter of Tyrus with the rich of the people shall do homage before thy face with presents. |
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| [13]The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of broidered gold. |
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| [14]She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins that follow after her, and her companions shall be brought unto thee. |
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| [15]With joy and gladness shall they be brought , and shall enter into the king's palace. |
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| [16]Instead of thy fathers shall thy children be: thou shalt make them princes through all the earth. |
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| [17]I will make thy name to be remembered through all generations: therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee world without end. |
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