Psalm 45
Eructavit cor meum
- MY heart is inditing of a good matter; I speak of the things which I have made unto the King.
- My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
- Thou art fairer than the children of men; full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever.
- Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most Mighty, according to thy worship and renown.
- Good luck have thou with thine honour: ride on, because of the word of truth, of meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
- Thy arrows are very sharp in the heart of the king's enemies, and the people shall fall under thee.
- Thy seat, O God, endureth for ever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
- Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
- All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
- Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold, woven with divers colours.
- Hearken, O daughter, and consider, incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.
- So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty; for he is thy Lord God, and worship thou him.
- And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; like as the rich also among the people shall make their supplication before thee.
- The King's daughter is all glorious within; her clothing is of wrought gold.
- She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle-work; the virgins that follow her and her companions shall be brought unto thee.
- With joy and gladness shall they be brought, and shall enter into the King's palace.
- Instead of thy fathers thou shalt have children; whom thou mayest make princes in all lands.
- I will remember thy Name from one generation to another; therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, world without end.