Your Throne, O God, Is Forever

¹My heart overflows with a good theme;[#45:1 Lit is astir]

I address my verses to the King;

My tongue is 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.

³¶Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One,[#45:3 Or warrior]

In Your splendor and Your majesty!

⁴And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,

For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;

Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.

⁵Your arrows are sharp;

The peoples fall under You;

Your arrows are in the heart of the King’s enemies.

⁶¶Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;

A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

⁷You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;

Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You

With the oil of joy above Your companions.

⁸All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;

Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.

⁹Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;

At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

¹⁰¶Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear:

Forget your people and your father’s house;

¹¹Then the King will desire your beauty.

Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.

¹²The daughter of Tyre will come with a present;

The rich among the people will seek your favor.

¹³¶The King’s daughter is all glorious within her chamber ;

Her clothing is interwoven with gold.

¹⁴She will be led to the King in embroidered work;

The virgins, her companions who follow her,

Will be brought to You.

¹⁵They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing;

They will enter into the King’s palace.

¹⁶¶In place of your fathers will be your sons;

You shall set them up as princes in all the earth.

¹⁷I will cause Your name to be remembered from generation to every generation;

Therefore the peoples will give You thanks forever and ever.