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. |
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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. |
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5: Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies;
whereby the people fall under thee. |
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6: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy
kingdom is a right sceptre. |
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7: Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore
God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows. |
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8: All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of
the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. |
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9: Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy
right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. |
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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. |
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12: And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the
rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. |
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13: The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is
of wrought gold. |
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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. |
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16: Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou
mayest make princes in all the earth. |
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17: I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations:
therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. |