• Psalm 45:superscription-17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

    • To the director upon The Lilies.* Of the sons of Koʹrah. Masʹkil.* A song of the beloved women.

      45 My heart has become astir with a goodly matter.+

      I am saying: “My works are concerning a king.”+

      May my tongue be the stylus+ of a skilled copyist.+

       2 You are indeed more handsome than the sons of men.*+

      Charm has been poured out upon your lips.+

      That is why God* has blessed you to time indefinite.+

       3 Gird your sword+ upon [your]* thigh, O mighty one,*+

      [With] your dignity and your splendor.+

       4 And in your splendor go on to success;+

      Ride in the cause of truth and humility [and] righteousness,+

      And your right hand will instruct you in fear-inspiring things.+

       5 Your arrows are sharp—under you peoples keep falling+—

      In the heart of the enemies of the king.+

       6 God is your throne* to time indefinite, even forever;+

      The scepter of your kingship is a scepter of uprightness.+

       7 You have loved righteousness+ and you hate wickedness.+

      That is why God, your God,+ has anointed+ you* with the oil of exultation+ more than your partners.+

       8 All your garments are myrrh and aloeswood [and] cassia;+

      Out from the grand ivory+ palace* stringed instruments themselves have made you rejoice.

       9 The daughters+ of kings are among your precious women.*

      The queenly consort+ has taken her stand at your right hand in gold of Oʹphir.+

      10 Listen, O daughter, and see, and incline your ear;

      And forget your people and your father’s house.+

      11 And the king will long for your prettiness,+

      For he is your lord,*+

      So bow down to him.+

      12 The daughter of Tyre also with a gift+—

      The rich ones of the people will soften your* own face.+

      13 The king’s daughter is all glorious within [the house];+

      Her clothing is with settings of gold.

      14 In woven apparel she will be brought to the king.+

      The virgins in her train as her companions are being brought in to you.+

      15 They will be brought with rejoicing and joyfulness;

      They will enter into the palace of the king.

      16 In place of your* forefathers+ there will come to be your sons,+

      Whom you will appoint as princes* in all the earth.+

      17 I will make mention of your* name throughout all generations to come.+

      That is why peoples themselves will laud you to time indefinite, even forever.