¹ My heart is inditing a good matter:
I speak of the things which I have made touching the king:
My tongue is
The pen of a ready writer.
² Thou art fairer than the children of men:
Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
³ Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty,
With thy glory and thy majesty.
⁴ And in thy majesty ride prosperously
Because of truth and meekness and righteousness; And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
⁵ Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies;
Whereby the people fall under thee.

⁶ Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:
The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
⁷ Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:
Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
⁸ All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia,
Out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
⁹ Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women:
Upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

¹⁰ Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;
Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
¹¹ So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty:
For he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
¹² And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift;
Even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

¹³ The king’s daughter is all glorious within:
Her clothing is of wrought gold.
¹⁴ She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework:
The virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
¹⁵ With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought:
They shall enter into the king’s palace.

¹⁶ Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children,
Whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

¹⁷ I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations:
Therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.