1. My heart is welling forth with a good matter: I say what I have composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2. Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
3. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, in thy majesty and thy splendour;
4. And in thy splendour ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
5. Thine arrows are sharp--peoples fall under thee--in the heart of the king's enemies.
6. Thy throne, O God is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom:
7. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
8. Myrrh and aloes, cassia, are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
9. Kings' daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10. Hearken, daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; and forget thine own people and thy father's house: