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You love justice and hate wrongdoing;
    therefore God, your God, has anointed you
    with the oil of gladness above your fellow kings.
With myrrh, aloes, and cassia
    your robes are fragrant.
From ivory-paneled palaces[a]
    stringed instruments bring you joy.
10 Daughters of kings are your lovely wives;
    a princess arrayed in Ophir’s gold[b]
    comes to stand at your right hand.

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Footnotes

  1. 45:9 Ivory-paneled palaces: lit., “palaces of ivory.” Ivory paneling and furniture decoration have been found in Samaria and other ancient Near Eastern cities, cf. Am 3:15.
  2. 45:10 Ophir’s gold: uncertain location, possibly a region on the coast of southern Arabia or eastern Africa, famous for its gold, cf. 1 Kgs 9:28; 10:11; Jb 22:24.

All your robes are fragrant(A) with myrrh(B) and aloes(C) and cassia;(D)
    from palaces adorned with ivory(E)
    the music of the strings(F) makes you glad.
Daughters of kings(G) are among your honored women;
    at your right hand(H) is the royal bride(I) in gold of Ophir.(J)

10 Listen, daughter,(K) and pay careful attention:(L)
    Forget your people(M) and your father’s house.

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