# Psalm 45

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###### v1 
My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer. 

###### v2 
You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever. 

###### v3 
Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty. 

###### v4 
In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds. 

###### v5 
Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies. 

###### v6 
Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom. 

###### v7 
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. 

###### v8 
All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad. 

###### v9 
Kings' daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir. 

###### v10 
Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house. 

###### v11 
So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord. 

###### v12 
The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor. 

###### v13 
The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold. 

###### v14 
She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you. 

###### v15 
With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king's palace. 

###### v16 
Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth. 

###### v17 
I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.

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