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¹My heart overflows with a goodly theme;

I address my verses to the king;

my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

²You are the fairest of the sons of men;

grace is poured upon your lips;

therefore God has blessed you for ever.

³Gird your sword upon your thigh, O mighty one,

in your glory and majesty!

⁴In your majesty ride forth victoriously

for the cause of truth and to defend the right;

let your right hand teach you dread deeds!

⁵Your arrows are sharp

in the heart of the king's enemies;

the peoples fall under you.

⁶Your divine throne endures for ever and ever.

Your royal sceptre is a sceptre of equity;

⁷you love righteousness and hate wickedness.

Therefore God, your God, has anointed you

with the oil of gladness above your fellows;

⁸your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.

From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;

⁹daughters of kings are among your ladies of honour;

at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

¹⁰Hear, O daughter, consider, and incline your ear;

forget your people and your father's house;

¹¹and the king will desire your beauty.

Since he is your lord, bow to him;

¹²the people of Tyre will sue your favour with gifts,

the richest of the people ¹³with all kinds of wealth.

The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;

¹⁴in many-coloured robes she is led to the king,

with her virgin companions, her escort, in her train.

¹⁵With joy and gladness they are led along

as they enter the palace of the king.

¹⁶Instead of your fathers shall be your sons;

you will make them princes in all the earth.

¹⁷I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations;

therefore the peoples will praise you for ever and ever.