Psalms 45 — T4T

A love song written by one of the descendants of Korah, for the choir director, to be sung to the tune ‘Lilies’

45Verse 1In my inner being I am stirred by a beautiful messagewhich will be sung to the king.
The words of this message will be written with a pen by me, a skilled writer.^{Verse 2}O King, you are the most handsome man in the world,and you always speak [MTY] eloquently,because God has always blessed you.
^{Verse 3}You who are a mighty warrior, put on your sword!You are glorious and majestic.^{Verse 4}Ride on like a great chiefto defend the truth that you speak
and the fair decisions that you make!Because you are strong [MTY],you will do awesome deeds.^{Verse 5}Your arrows are sharp,and they pierce the hearts of your enemies.
Soldiers of many nations will fall dead at your feet.^{Verse 6}The kingdom [MTY] that God will give to you will remain forever.You rule [MTY] people justly.^{Verse 7}You love right actions,and you hate evil actions.Therefore God, your God, has chosen [MTY] you to be kingand caused you to be happier [MET] than any other king.^{Verse 8}The perfume of various spices is on your robes.People ◄entertain you/make you happy► in ivory palaces
by playing stringed instruments.^{Verse 9}Among the women who stay near you [EUP] stay are daughters of other kings.And at your right hand stands your bride, the queen, wearing beautiful ornaments of gold that comes from Ophir.^{Verse 10}Now I will say something to your bride:
Listen to me carefully [DOU]!Forget the people who live in your home country,
forget your relatives!^{Verse 11}Because you are very beautiful,the king will desire to sleep with [EUP] you.
He is your master, so you must obey him.^{Verse 12}The people from Tyre city will bring gifts to you;their rich people will try to persuade you to do favors for them.^{Verse 13}O king, your bride will be entering the palacewearing beautiful robes made from gold thread.^{Verse 14}While she is wearing a gown that has many colors,her companions will lead her to you.
She will have many other young women who accompany her.^{Verse 15}They will be very joyful [DOU] as they are led alongto enter your palace.^{Verse 16}Some day, your sons and your grandsons will become kings,just like your ancestors were.You will enable them to become rulers in many countries [HYP].
^{Verse 17}And as for me, I will enable people in every generation to remember the great things that you [MTY] have done,and people will praise you forever.