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.

2 Thou art fairer than the children of men:

Grace is poured into thy lips:

Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty,

With thy glory and thy majesty.

4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously

Because of truth and meekness and righteousness;

And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

5 Thine arrows are sharp

In the heart of the king’s enemies;

Whereby the people fall under thee.

6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:

The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:

Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee

With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia,

Out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

9 Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women:

Upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;

Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty:

For he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift;

Even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

13 The king’s daughter is all glorious within:

Her clothing is of wrought gold.

14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework:

The virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought:

They shall enter into the king’s palace.

16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children,

Whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations:

Therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.