Psalms 44

¹Unto the end. For those who will be changed. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding. A Canticle for the Beloved.

²My heart has uttered a good word. I speak of my works to the king. My tongue is like the pen of a scribe who writes quickly.

³You are a brilliant form before the sons of men. Grace has been poured freely into your lips. Because of this, God has blessed you in eternity.

⁴Fasten your sword to your thigh, O most powerful one.

⁵With your splendor and your excellence extended, proceed prosperously, and reign for the sake of truth and meekness and justice, and so will your right hand lead you wondrously.

⁶Your arrows are sharp; the people will fall under you, with the hearts of the enemies of the king.

⁷Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of true aim.

⁸You have loved justice and hated iniquity. Because of this, God, your God, has anointed you, before your co-heirs, with the oil of gladness.

⁹Myrrh and balsam and cinnamon perfume your garments, from the houses of ivory. From these, they have delighted you:

¹⁰the daughters of kings in your honor. The queen assisted at your right hand, in clothing of gold, encircled with diversity.

¹¹Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear. And forget your people and your father’s house.

¹²And the king will desire your beauty. For he is the Lord your God, and they will adore him.

¹³And the daughters of Tyre will entreat your countenance with gifts: all the rich men of the people.

¹⁴All the glory of the daughter of its king is inside, in golden fringes,

¹⁵clothed all around with diversities. After her, virgins will be led to the king. Her neighbors will be brought to you.

¹⁶They will be brought with gladness and exultation. They will be led into the temple of the king.

¹⁷For your fathers, sons have been born to you. You will establish them as leaders over all the earth.

¹⁸They will remember your name always, for generation after generation. Because of this, people will confess to you in eternity, even forever and ever.

Psalms 44

¹Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the sons of Core, for understanding. A canticle for the Beloved.

²My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the king: My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth swiftly.

³Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.

⁴Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most mighty.

⁵With thy comeliness and thy beauty set out, proceed prosperously, and reign. Because of truth and meekness and justice: and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.

⁶Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, into the hearts of the king's enemies.

⁷Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.

⁸Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

⁹Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: out of which

¹⁰The daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory. The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; surrounded with variety.

¹¹Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy people and thy father's house.

¹²And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.

¹³And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.

¹⁴All the glory of the king's daughter is within in golden borders,

¹⁵Clothed round about with varieties. After her shall virgins be brought to the king: her neighbours shall be brought to thee.

¹⁶They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: they shall be brought into the temple of the king.

¹⁷Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

¹⁸They shall remember thy name throughout all generations. Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, for ever and ever.