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Of the Korahites. A Maskil. A love song.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>My heart overflows with a goodly theme;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">I address my verses to the king;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>You are the most handsome of men;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">grace is poured upon your lips;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">therefore God has blessed you forever.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">in your glory and majesty.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>In your majesty ride on victoriously</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">for the cause of truth and to defend<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16672a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> the right;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">let your right hand teach you dread deeds.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>Your arrows are sharp</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">in the heart of the king’s enemies;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">the peoples fall under you.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>Your throne, O God,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16674b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> endures forever and ever.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span>you love righteousness and hate wickedness.</span></span><br /><span class="text">Therefore God, your God, has anointed you</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span>your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.</span></span><br /><span class="text">From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span>daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">forget your people and your father’s house,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span>and the king will desire your beauty.</span></span><br /><span class="text">Since he is your lord, bow to him;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span>the people<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16680c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">the richest of the people </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum mid-line">13</span>with all kinds of wealth.</span></span></p></div><div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text">The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16681d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span>in many-colored robes she is led to the king;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>With joy and gladness they are led along</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">as they enter the palace of the king.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>In the place of ancestors you, O king,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16684e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> shall have sons;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">you will make them princes in all the earth.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 45:4">Psalm 45:4</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn: Heb <i>and the meekness of</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 45:6">Psalm 45:6</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>Your throne is a throne of God, it</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 45:12">Psalm 45:12</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>daughter</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 45:13">Psalm 45:13</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>people. <span class="versenum mid-line">13</span>All glorious is the princess within, gold embroidery is her clothing</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 45:16">Psalm 45:16</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb lacks <i>O king</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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