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45:2 \45:1\My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.
45:3 \45:2\Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
45:4 \45:3\Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
45:5 \45:4\And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
45:6 \45:5\Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.
45:7 \45:6\Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.
45:8 \45:7\Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
45:9 \45:8\All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
45:10 \45:9\Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
45:11 \45:10\Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
45:12 \45:11\So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he [is] thy Lord; and worship thou him.
45:13 \45:12\And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; [even] the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
45:14 \45:13\The king's daughter [is] all glorious within: her clothing [is] of wrought gold.
45:15 \45:14\She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
45:16 \45:15\With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
45:17 \45:16\Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
45:18 \45:17\I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.