PSALM 45

45:1 For the Leader; upon Shoshannim; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves. 45:2 My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I say: 'My work is concerning a king'; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 45:3 Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured upon thy lips; therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 45:4 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty. 45:5 And in thy majesty prosper, ride on, in behalf of truth and meekness and righteousness; and let thy right hand teach thee tremendous things. 45:6 Thine arrows are sharp--the peoples fall under thee-- they sink into the heart of the king's enemies. 45:7 Thy throne given of God is for ever and ever; a sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 45:8 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 45:9 Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad. 45:10 Kings' daughters are among thy favourites; at thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir. 45:11 'Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; 45:12 So shall the king desire thy beauty; for he is thy lord; and do homage unto him. 45:13 And, O daughter of Tyre, the richest of the people shall entreat thy favour with a gift.' 45:14 All glorious is the king's daughter within the palace; her raiment is of chequer work inwrought with gold. 45:15 She shall be led unto the king on richly woven stuff; the virgins her

companions in her train being brought unto thee. 45:16 They shall be led with gladness and rejoicing; they shall enter into the king's palace. 45:17 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons, whom thou shalt make princes in all the land. 45:18 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations; therefore shall the peoples praise thee for ever and ever.

Hebrew Transliteration 45:1 lamnatsach `al-shoshanniym libhny-qorach maskiyl shiyryedhiydhoth 45:2 rchash libbiy dbhr thobh 'omr 'niy ma`asay lemelekh.leshoniy `th sophr mhiyr 45:3 yophyphiyth mibbeny 'dhm hutsaqchn besephethotheykha `al-kn brakhkha 'elohiym le`olm 45:4 chaghor-charbekha `al-yrkh gibbor hodhekha vahadhrekha 45:5 vahadhrkha tselachrekhabh `al-debhar-'emeth ve`anvh-tsedheq vethorekha nor'oth yemiynekha 45:6 chitseykha shenuniym `ammiym tachteykha yippelu belbh 'oyebhyhammelekh 45:7 kis'akha 'elohiym `olm v`edh shbheth miyshor shbhethmalkhuthekha 45:8 'habht tsedheq vattisn' resha` `al-kn meshchakha'elohiym 'eloheykha shemen sson mchabhreykha 45:9 mor-va'ahlothqetsiy`oth kol-bighdhotheykha min-hykhly shn minniy simmechukha 45:10 benoth melkhiym beyiqqerotheykha nitsebhh shghal liymiynkha bekhethem'ophiyr

45:11 shim`iy-bhath ure'iy vehathiy 'znkh veshikhchiy `ammkh ubhyth'bhiykh 45:12 veyith'v hammelekh yophykh kiy-hu' 'adhonayikhvehishtachaviy-lo 45:13 ubhath-tsor beminchh pnayikh yechallu `ashiyry`m 45:14 kol-kebhuddh bhath-melekh peniymh mimmishbetsoth zhbhlebhushh 45:15 lirqmoth tubhal lammelekh bethuloth 'achareyh r`otheyhmubh'oth lkh 45:16 tubhalnh bismchoth vghiyl tebho'eynh behykhalmelekh 45:17 tachath 'abhotheykha yihyu bhneykha teshiythmo lesriym bekholh'rets 45:18 'azkiyrh shimkha bekhol-dor vdhor `al-kn `ammiymyehodhukha le`olm v`edh