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Psalm 45 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

A Song celebrating the King's Marriage.

Psa 45:1
For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.
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.
Psa 45:2
Thou art fairer than the children of men;
Grace is poured into thy lips:
Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Psa 45:3
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one,
Thy glory and thy majesty.
Psa 45:4
And in thy majesty ride on prosperously,
Because of truth and meekness and righteousness:
And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Psa 45:5
Thine arrows are sharp;
The peoples fall under thee;
They are in the heart of the king’s enemies.
Psa 45:6
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:
A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Psa 45:7
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness:
Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee
With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Psa 45:8
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia;
Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
Psa 45:9
Kings’ daughters are among thy honorable women:
At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Psa 45:10
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;
Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house:
Psa 45:11
So will the king desire thy beauty;
For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him.
Psa 45:12
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift;
The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.
Psa 45:13
The king’s daughter within the palace is all glorious:
Her clothing is inwrought with gold.
Psa 45:14
She shall be led unto the king in broidered work:
The virgins her companions that follow her
Shall be brought unto thee.
Psa 45:15
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led:
They shall enter into the king’s palace.
Psa 45:16
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children,
Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth.
Psa 45:17
I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations:
Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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