For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil + 45:1 Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142. of the sons of Korah. A love song.
My Heart Is Stirred by a Noble Theme
1 Kings 3:1–15; 2 Chronicles 1:1–13; Psalm 72:1–20
1My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.+ 2Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.+ 3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.+ 4And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, Because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness: And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.+ 5Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; [They are] in the heart of the king’s enemies.+ 6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.+ 7Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.+ 8All thy garments [smell of] myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.+ 9Kings’ daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.+ 10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house:+ 11So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him.+ 12And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.+ 13The king’s daughter within [the palace] is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold.+ 14She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.+ 15With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: They shall enter into the king’s palace.+ 16Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth.+ 17I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever.+