¹My heart is overflowing with a goodly theme;

I recite my special song to the king;

my tongue is like the pen of a skillful scribe.

²You are fairer than the sons of men;

grace is poured upon your lips;

therefore God has blessed you forever.

³Gird your sword upon your thigh, O Mighty One,[#Heb 4:12; Rev 1:16]

with your glory and your majesty.

⁴In your majesty ride prosperously[#Rev 6:2]

because of truth, meekness, and righteousness;

let your right hand teach you awesome deeds.

⁵Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies;

the peoples fall under you.

⁶Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever.[#Ps 93:2; Isa 9:6–7]

The scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

⁷You love righteousness and hate wickedness;[#Ps 33:5]

therefore God, your God, has anointed you

with the oil of gladness more than your companions.

⁸All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.[#SS 1:3; Jn 19:39]

Out of the ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad.

⁹Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women;

at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

¹⁰Listen, O daughter, consider and incline your ear;

forget your own people and your father’s house,

¹¹and the king will desire your beauty.

Since he is your lord, bow to him.

¹²The daughter of Tyre will be there with a gift;[#Ps 22:29; 72:10]

the richest of the people will seek your favor.

¹³The royal daughter is all glorious within her chamber;

her clothing is plaited gold.

¹⁴She shall be brought to the king in embroidered robes;[#Jdg 5:30]

the virgins, her companions who follow her,

shall be brought to you.

¹⁵With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought;

they shall enter the king’s palace.

¹⁶In the place of ancestors shall be your sons;

you will make them princes in all the earth.

¹⁷I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations;[#Mal 1:11]

therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.