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