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1 My heart overflows on a good subject; I will read aloud the words I have composed about the king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2 You are fairer than the children of mankind; grace is poured onto your lips; therefore we know that God has blessed you forever.
3 Put your sword on your side, mighty one, in your glory and your majesty.
4 In your majesty ride on triumphantly because of trustworthiness, meekness, and righteousness; your right hand will teach you fearful things.
5 Your arrows are sharp; the peoples fall under you; your arrows are in the hearts of the king’s enemies.
6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever; a scepter of justice is the scepter of your kingdom.
7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than your companions.
8 All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
9 Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women; at your right hand stands the queen clothed in gold of Ophir.
10 Listen, daughter, consider and incline your ear; forget your own people and your father’s house.
11 In this way the king will desire your beauty; he is your master; revere him.
12 The daughter of Tyre will be there with a gift; the rich among the people will beg for your favor.
13 The royal daughter in the palace is all glorious; her clothing is worked with gold.
14 She will be led to the king in embroidered dress; the virgins, her companions who follow her, will be brought to you.
15 They will be led by gladness and rejoicing; they will enter into the king’s palace.
16 In the place of your fathers will be your children, whom you will make princes in all the earth.
17 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore the peoples will give you thanks forever and ever.
The Book of Psalms