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45:1  To the Overcomer: upon Shoshannim lilies, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is overflowing with a good word; I speak of the things which I have done concerning the king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
45:2  Thou art fairer than the sons of men, grace is poured into thy lips; therefore God has blessed thee for ever.
45:3  Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most valiant, with thy glory and thy majesty.
45:4  And in thy majesty be prospered; ride upon the word of truth and of humility and of righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
45:5  Thine arrows, by which the peoples fall under thee, penetrate the heart of the enemies of the king.
45:6  Thy throne, O God, is eternal and for ever, the rod of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
45:7  Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
45:8  All thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made thee glad.
45:9  Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women; the queen stands at thy right hand with a crown of gold from Ophir.
45:10  Hearken, O daughter, and consider and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
45:11  so shall the king greatly desire thy beauty; and bow before him, for he is thy Lord.
45:12  And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
45:13  The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
45:14  She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework; the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
45:15  With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought; they shall enter into the king’s palace.
45:16  Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons, whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth.
45:17  I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations; therefore shall the people praise thee eternally and for ever.