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A love song.</p> <p class="chsect">I</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23045002" class="ver">2</span>My heart is stirred by a noble theme,</p> <p class="sl1">as I sing my ode to the king.</p> <p class="sl1">My tongue is the pen of a nimble scribe.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23045003" class="ver">3</span>You are the most handsome of men;</p> <p class="sl1">fair speech has graced your lips,</p> <p class="sl1">for God has blessed you forever.<a id="ren23045003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23045003-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23045004" class="ver">4</span>Gird your sword upon your hip, mighty warrior!</p> <p class="sl1">In splendor and majesty ride on triumphant!<a id="ren23045004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23045004-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23045005" class="ver">5</span>In the cause of truth, meekness, and justice</p> <p class="sl1">may your right hand show your wondrous deeds.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23045006" class="ver">6</span>Your arrows are sharp;</p> <p class="sl1">peoples will cower at your feet;</p> <p class="sl1">the king’s enemies will lose heart.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23045007" class="ver">7</span>Your throne, O God,<a id="rfn23045007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23045007-1">*</a> stands forever;<a id="ren23045007-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23045007-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">your royal scepter is a scepter for justice.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23045008" class="ver">8</span>You love justice and hate wrongdoing;</p> <p class="sl1">therefore God, your God, has anointed you</p> <p class="sl1">with the oil of gladness above your fellow kings.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23045009" class="ver">9</span>With myrrh, aloes, and cassia</p> <p class="sl1">your robes are fragrant.</p> <p class="sl">From ivory-paneled palaces<a id="rfn23045009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23045009-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">stringed instruments bring you joy.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23045010" class="ver">10</span>Daughters of kings are your lovely wives;</p> <p class="sl1">a princess arrayed in Ophir’s gold<a id="rfn23045010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23045010-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">comes to stand at your right hand.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">III</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23045011" class="ver">11</span>Listen, my daughter, and understand;</p> <p class="sl1">pay me careful heed.</p> <p class="sl">Forget your people and your father’s house,<a id="rfn23045011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23045011-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v23045012" class="ver">12</span>that the king might desire your beauty.</p> <p class="sl">He is your lord;</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v23045013" class="ver">13</span><a id="ren23045013-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23045013-d">d</a>honor him, daughter of Tyre.</p> <p class="sl">Then the richest of the people</p> <p class="sl1">will seek your favor with gifts.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23045014" class="ver">14</span>All glorious is the king’s daughter as she enters,<a id="ren23045014-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23045014-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl1">her raiment threaded with gold;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23045015" class="ver">15</span>In embroidered apparel she is led to the king.</p> <p class="sl1">The maids of her train are presented to the king.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23045016" class="ver">16</span>They are led in with glad and joyous acclaim;</p> <p class="sl1">they enter the palace of the king.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">IV</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23045017" class="ver">17</span>The throne of your fathers your sons will have;</p> <p class="sl1">you shall make them princes through all the land.<a id="ren23045017-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23045017-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23045018" class="ver">18</span>I will make your name renowned through all generations;</p> <p class="sl1">thus nations shall praise you forever.<a id="ren23045018-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23045018-g">g</a></p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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