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To the chief Musician[H5329] upon Shoshannim[H7799], for the sons[H1121] of Korah[H7141], Maschil[H4905], A Song[H7892] of loves[H3039]. My heart[H3820] is inditing[H7370] a good[H2896]matter[H1697]: I speak[H559] of the things which I have made[H4639] touching the king[H4428]: my tongue[H3956] is the pen[H5842] of a ready[H4106]writer[H5608].
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Thou art fairer[H3302] than the children[H1121] of men[H120]: grace[H2580] is poured[H3332] into thy lips[H8193]: therefore God[H430] hath blessed[H1288] thee for ever[H5769].
3Gird[H2296] thy sword[H2719] upon thy thigh[H3409], O most mighty[H1368], with thy glory[H1935] and thy majesty[H1926].
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And in thy majesty[H1926]ride[H7392]prosperously[H6743]because[H1697] of truth[H571] and meekness[H6037] and righteousness[H6664]; and thy right hand[H3225] shall teach[H3384] thee terrible things[H3372].
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Thine arrows[H2671] are sharp[H8150] in the heart[H3820] of the king's enemies[H341]; whereby the people[H5971]fall[H5307] under thee.
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Thy throne[H3678], O God[H430], is for ever[H5769] and ever[H5703]: the sceptre[H7626] of thy kingdom[H4438] is a right[H4334]sceptre[H7626].
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Thou lovest[H157]righteousness[H6664], and hatest[H8130]wickedness[H7562]: therefore God[H430], thy God[H430], hath anointed[H4886] thee with the oil[H8081] of gladness[H8342] above thy fellows[H2270].
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All thy garments[H899] smell of myrrh[H4753], and aloes[H174], and cassia[H7102], out of the ivory[H8127]palaces[H1964], whereby[H4482] they have made thee glad[H8055].
9Kings[H4428]' daughters[H1323] were among thy honourable women[H3368]: upon thy right hand[H3225] did stand[H5324] the queen[H7694] in gold[H3800] of Ophir[H211].
10Hearken[H8085], O daughter[H1323], and consider[H7200], and incline[H5186] thine ear[H241]; forget[H7911] also thine own people[H5971], and thy father's house[H1004];
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So shall the king[H4428] greatly desire[H183] thy beauty[H3308]: for he is thy Lord[H113]; and worship[H7812] thou him.
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And the daughter[H1323] of Tyre[H6865] shall be there with a gift[H4503]; even the rich[H6223] among the people[H5971] shall intreat[H2470] thy favour[H6440].
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The king's daughter[H1323] is all glorious[H3520]within[H6441]: her clothing[H3830] is of wrought[H4865]gold[H2091].
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She shall be brought[H2986] unto the king[H4428] in raiment of needlework[H7553]: the virgins[H1330] her companions[H7464] that follow[H310] her shall be brought[H935] unto thee.
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With gladness[H8057] and rejoicing[H1524] shall they be brought[H2986]: they shall enter[H935] into the king's palace[H1964].
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Instead of thy fathers[H1] shall be thy children[H1121], whom thou mayest make[H7896]princes[H8269] in all the earth[H776].
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I will make thy name[H8034] to be remembered[H2142] in all[H1755]generations[H1755]: therefore shall the people[H5971]praise[H3034] thee for ever[H5769] and ever[H5703].