1. My heart overflows with a good theme;

1. I address my verses to the King;

1. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

2. You are fairer than the sons of men;

2. Grace is poured upon Your lips;

2. Therefore God has blessed You forever.

3. Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One,

3. In Your splendor and Your majesty!

4. And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,

4. For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;

4. Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.

5. Your arrows are sharp;

5. The peoples fall under You;

5. Your arrows are in the heart of the King’s enemies.

6. Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;

6. A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

7. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;

7. Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You

7. With the oil of joy above Your fellows.

8. All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;

8. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.

9. Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;

9. At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

10. Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear:

10. Forget your people and your father’s house;

11. Then the King will desire your beauty.

11. Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.

12. The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;

12. The rich among the people will seek your favor.

13. The King’s daughter is all glorious within;

13. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.

14. She will be led to the King in embroidered work;

14. The virgins, her companions who follow her,

14. Will be brought to You.

15. They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing;

15. They will enter into the King’s palace.

16. In place of your fathers will be your sons;

16. You shall make them princes in all the earth.

17. I will cause Your name to be remembered in all generations;

17. Therefore the peoples will give You thanks forever and ever.