Add parallel Print Page Options

O God, Your throne is forever and ever. You rule Your holy nation by what is right. You have loved what is right and good. You have hated what is wrong. That is why God, Your God, has chosen You. He has poured over You the oil of joy more than over anyone else. All Your clothes smell of fine perfumes. Out of ivory palaces music of strings have made You glad.

Read full chapter

Your throne, O God,[a] will last for ever and ever;(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
You love righteousness(B) and hate wickedness;(C)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing(D) you with the oil of joy.(E)
All your robes are fragrant(F) with myrrh(G) and aloes(H) and cassia;(I)
    from palaces adorned with ivory(J)
    the music of the strings(K) makes you glad.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 45:6 Here the king is addressed as God’s representative.