Psalm 45  Common English Bible

² You are the most handsome of men;
    grace has been poured out on your lips.
        No wonder God has blessed you forever!
³ Strap on your sword, great warrior,
    with your glory and grandeur.
⁴ Go and succeed in your grandeur!
    Ride out on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness!
    Let your strong hand perform awesome deeds.^[b]
5 Let the peoples fall beneath you.
    May your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies.
⁶ Your divine throne is eternal and everlasting.
    Your royal scepter is a scepter of justice.
⁷ You love righteousness and hate wickedness.
    No wonder God, your God, has anointed you
    with the oil of joy more than all your companions!
⁸ All your clothes have the pleasing scent of myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
    The music of stringed instruments coming from ivory palaces entertains you.
⁹ The royal princess is standing in your precious jewels; ^[c]
    the queen stands at your right, dressed in the gold of Ophir.

¹⁰ Listen, daughter; pay attention, and listen closely!
    Forget your people and your father’s house.
¹¹ Let the king desire your beauty.
    Because he is your master, bow down to him now.
¹² The city of Tyre, the wealthiest of all,
    will seek your favor with gifts, ¹³ with riches of every sort
    for the royal princess, dressed in pearls,^[d]
        her robe embroidered with gold.
¹⁴ In robes of many colors, she is led to the king.
    Her attendants, the young women servants following her,
    are presented to you as well.
¹⁵ As they enter the king’s palace,
    they are led in with celebration and joy.

¹⁶ Your sons, great king, will succeed your fathers;^[e]
    you will appoint them as princes throughout the land.
¹⁷ I will perpetuate your name from one generation to the next
    so the peoples will praise you forever and always.