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My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. |
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Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. |
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Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty. |
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And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, Because of truth and meekness `and' righteousness: And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. |
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Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; `They are' in the heart of the king's enemies. |
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Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom. |
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Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows. |
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All thy garments `smell of' myrrh, and aloes, `and' cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad. |
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Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir. |
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Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house: |
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So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him. |
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And the daughter of Tyre `shall be there' with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor. |
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The king's daughter within `the palace' is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold. |
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She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee. |
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With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: They shall enter into the king's palace. |
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Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth. |
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I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever. Psalm 46 For the Chief Musician. `A Psalm' of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. |