[1] My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. [2] Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. [3] Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty. [4] And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, Because of truth and meekness and righteousness: And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. [5] Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; They are in the heart of the king's enemies. [6] Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom. [7] Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows. [8] All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad. [9] Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir. [10] Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house: [11] So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him. [12] And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor. [13] The king's daughter within the palace is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold. [14] She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee. [15] With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: They shall enter into the king's palace. [16] Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth. [17] I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever.
