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¹ My heart is stirred by a beautiful song.
I say, "I have composed this special song for the king;
my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe."
² You are the most handsome of all men!
You speak in an impressive and fitting manner!
For this reason God grants you continual blessings.
³ Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior!
Appear in your majestic splendor!
⁴ Appear in your majesty and be victorious!
Ride forth for the sake of what is right,
on behalf of justice!
Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts!
⁵ Your arrows are sharp
and penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies.
Nations fall at your feet.
⁶ Your throne, O God, is permanent.
The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
⁷ You love justice and hate evil.
For this reason God, your God has anointed you
with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.
⁸ All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia.
From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.
⁹ Princesses are among your honored guests,
your bride stands at your right hand, wearing jewelry made with gold from Ophir.
¹⁰ Listen, O princess!
Observe and pay attention!
Forget your homeland and your family!
¹¹ Then the king will be attracted by your beauty.
After all, he is your master! Submit to him!
¹² Rich people from Tyre
will seek your favor by bringing a gift.
¹³ The princess looks absolutely magnificent,
decked out in pearls and clothed in a brocade trimmed with gold.
¹⁴ In embroidered robes she is escorted to the king.
Her attendants, the maidens of honor who follow her,
are led before you.
¹⁵ They are bubbling with joy as they walk in procession
and enter the royal palace.
¹⁶ Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors;
you will make them princes throughout the land.
¹⁷ I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years,
then the nations will praise you forever.