Psalm 44
1 For the end, for [1]alternate strains by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved.
2 My heart [2]hath uttered a good matter:
I declare my works to the king:
my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.
3 Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men:
grace hath been shed forth on thy lips:
therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
4 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One,
in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty;
5 and bend thy bow, and prosper, and reign,
because of truth and meekness and righteousness;
and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.
6 Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One
(the nations shall fall under thee);
they are in the heart of the king’s enemies.
7 [3]Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:
the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.
8 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity:
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee
with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.
9 Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia are exhaled from thy garments,
and out of the ivory palaces,
10 with which kings’ daughters have gladdened thee for thine honour:
the queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold,
and arrayed in divers colours.
11 Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear;
forget also thy people, and thy father’s house.
12 Because the king hath desired thy beauty;
for he is thy Lord.
13 And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts;
the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate thy [4]favour.
14 All her glory is that of the daughter of the king [5]within,
robed as she is in golden fringed garments, 15 in embroidered clothing:
virgins shall be brought to the king after her:
her fellows shall be brought to thee.
16 They shall be brought with gladness and exultation:
they shall be led into the king’s temple.
17 Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee:
thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
18 They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation:
therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee
for ever, even [6]for ever and ever.