Psalms 44

¹Unto the end, for them, that shall be changed, to the sons of Core for understanding, a Canticle for the beloved.

²My heart hath uttered a good word: I tell my works to the king. My tongue is the pen of a scribe, that writeth swiftly.

³Goodly of beauty above the sons of men, grace is poured abroad in thy lips: therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.

⁴Be girded with thy sword upon thy thigh, o most mighty.

⁵With thy beauty and fairness intend, proceed prosperously, and reign, Because of truth, and mildness, and justice: and thy right hand shall conduct thee marvelously.

⁶Thy sharp arrows, the peoples underneath thee shall fall into the hearts of the king's enemies.

⁷Thy seat o God for ever and ever: a rod of direction the rod of thy Kingdom.

⁸Thou hast loved justice, and hast hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

⁹Myrrh, and Aloes, and Cassia from thy garments, from houses of ivory, out of the which

¹⁰the daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy honour.

¹¹The Queen stood on thy right hand in golden raiment: compassed with variety. Hear daughter, and see, and incline thine ear: and forget thy people, and the house of thy father.

¹²And the King will covet thy beauty: because he is the Lord thy God, and they shall adore him.

¹³And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, all the rich of the people shall beseech thy countenance.

¹⁴All the glory of that daughter of the King is within, in borders of gold,

¹⁵clothed round about with varieties. Virgins shall be brought to the King after her: her neighbours shall be brought to thee.

¹⁶They shall be brought in joy and exultation: they shall be brought into the temple of the King.

¹⁷For thy fathers there are born sons to thee: thou shalt make them Princes over all the earth.

¹⁸They shall be mindful of thy name in all generation and generation. Therefore shall peoples confess to thee for ever: and for ever and ever.