Second Versions 45
45
PSALM 45
Second Version
Meter: 6,6,8,6
1My heart inditing is
good matter in a song:
I speak the things that I have made,
which to the King belong:
My tongue shall be as quick,
his honour to indite,
As is the pen of any scribe
that useth fast to write.
2Thou'rt fairest of all men;
grace in thy lips doth flow:
And therefore blessings evermore
on thee doth God bestow.
3Thy sword gird on thy thigh,
thou that art most of might:
Appear in dreadful majesty,
and in thy glory bright.
4For meekness, truth, and right,
ride prosp'rously in state;
And thy right hand shall teach to thee
things terrible and great.
5Thy shafts shall pierce their hearts
that foes are to the King;
Whereby into subjection
the people thou shalt bring.
6Thy royal seat, O Lord,
for ever shall remain:
The sceptre of thy kingdom doth
all righteousness maintain.
7Thou lov'st right, and hat'st ill;
for God, thy God, most high,
Above thy fellows hath with th' oil
of joy anointed thee.
8Of myrrh and spices sweet
a smell thy garments had,
Out of the iv'ry palaces,
whereby they made thee glad.
9And in thy glorious train
kings' daughters waiting stand;
And thy fair queen, in Ophir gold,
doth stand at thy right hand.
10O daughter, take good heed,
incline, and give good ear;
Thou must forget thy kindred all,
and father's house most dear.
11Thy beauty to the King
shall then delightful be:
And do thou humbly worship him,
because thy Lord is he.
12The daughter then of Tyre
there with a gift shall be,
And all the wealthy of the land
shall make their suit to thee.
13The daughter of the King
all glorious is within;
And with embroideries of gold
her garments wrought have been.
14She cometh to the King
in robes with needle wrought;
The virgins that do follow her
shall unto thee be brought.
15They shall be brought with joy,
and mirth on ev'ry side,
Into the palace of the King,
and there they shall abide.
16And in thy fathers' stead,
thy children thou may'st take,
And in all places of the earth
them noble princes make.
17I will shew forth thy name
to generations all:
Therefore the people evermore
to thee give praises shall.
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