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Chapter 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. |
| 2 | 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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3 | Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most
mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. |
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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. |
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| 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;
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| 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.
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| 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. |
