[1]To the chief MusicianH5329[H8764]upon ShoshannimH7799, for the sonsH1121of KorahH7141, MaschilH4905[H8688], A SongH7892of lovesH3039. My heartH3820is inditingH7370[H8804]a goodH2896matterH1697: I speakH559[H8802]of the things which I have madeH4639touching the kingH4428: my tongueH3956is the penH5842of a readyH4106writerH5608.[H8802][2]Thou art fairerH3302[H8795]than the childrenH1121of menH120: graceH2580is pouredH3332[H8717]into thy lipsH8193: therefore GodH430hath blessedH1288[H8765]thee for everH5769.[3]GirdH2296[H8798]thy swordH2719upon thy thighH3409, O most mightyH1368, with thy gloryH1935and thy majestyH1926.[4]And in thy majestyH1926rideH7392[H8798]prosperouslyH6743[H8798]becauseH1697of truthH571and meeknessH6037and righteousnessH6664; and thy right handH3225shall teachH3384[H8686]thee terrible thingsH3372.[H8737][5]Thine arrowsH2671are sharpH8150[H8802]in the heartH3820of the king'sH4428enemiesH341[H8802]; whereby the peopleH5971fallH5307under theeH8799.[6]Thy throneH3678,O GodH430, is for everH5769and everH5703: the sceptreH7626of thy kingdomH4438is a rightH4334sceptreH7626.[7]Thou lovestH157[H8804]righteousnessH6664, and hatestH8130[H8799]wickednessH7562: therefore GodH430, thy GodH430, hath anointedH4886[H8804]thee with the oilH8081of gladnessH8342above thy fellowsH2270.[8]All thy garmentsH899smell of myrrhH4753, and aloesH174, and cassiaH7102, out of the ivoryH8127palacesH1964, wherebyH4482they have made thee gladH8055.[H8765][9]Kings'H4428daughtersH1323were among thy honourable womenH3368: upon thy right handH3225did standH5324[H8738]the queenH7694in goldH3800of OphirH211.[10]HearkenH8085[H8798],O daughterH1323, and considerH7200[H8798], and inclineH5186[H8685]thine earH241; forgetH7911[H8798]also thine own peopleH5971, and thy father'sH1houseH1004;[11]So shall the kingH4428greatly desireH183[H8691]thy beautyH3308: for he is thy LordH113; and worshipH7812thou himH8690.[12]And the daughterH1323of TyreH6865shall be there with a giftH4503; even the richH6223among the peopleH5971shall intreatH2470[H8762]thy favourH6440.[13]The king'sH4428daughterH1323is all gloriousH3520withinH6441: her clothingH3830is of wroughtH4865goldH2091.[14]She shall be broughtH2986[H8714]unto the kingH4428in raiment of needleworkH7553: the virginsH1330her companionsH7464that followH310her shall be broughtH935unto theeH8716.[15]With gladnessH8057and rejoicingH1524shall they be broughtH2986[H8714]: they shall enterH935[H8799]into the king'sH4428palaceH1964.[16]Instead of thy fathersH1shall be thy childrenH1121, whom thou mayest makeH7896[H8799]princesH8269in all the earthH776.[17]I will make thy nameH8034to be rememberedH2142[H8686]in allH1755generationsH1755: therefore shall the peopleH5971praiseH3034[H8686]thee for everH5769and everH5703.