45: 1 A Song celebrating the King’s Marriage. For the Chief Musician; set to ²⁶³ Shoshannim. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maskil. A Song of loves. My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; ²⁶⁴I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
²⁶³That is, Lilies.
²⁶⁴Or, I speak: my work is for a king:

45: 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured ²⁶⁵in thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
²⁶⁵Or, upon

45: 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.
45: 4 And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, ²⁶⁶Because of truth and meekness in righteousness: And ²⁶⁷thy right hand shall teach thee fearful things.
²⁶⁶Or, In behalf of truth
²⁶⁷Or, let thy right hand teach thee

45: 5 Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; They are in the heart of the king’s enemies.
45: 6 ²⁶⁸Thy throne is the throne of God forever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
²⁶⁸Or, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever:

45: 7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
45: 8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
45: 9 Kings’ daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
45: 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house:
45: 11 So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him.
45: 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.
45: 13 The king’s daughter ²⁶⁹within the palace is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold.
²⁶⁹Or, within is or, in the inner part of the palace is

45: 14 She shall be led unto the king ²⁷⁰in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.
²⁷⁰Or, upon Lit. for

45: 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: They shall enter into the king’s palace.
45: 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth.
45: 17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever.