| 1 | My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer. |
| 2 | You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever. |
| 3 | Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty. |
| 4 | In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds. |
| 5 | Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies. |
| 6 | Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom. |
| 7 | You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. |
| 8 | All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad. |
| 9 | Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir. |
| 10 | Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house. |
| 11 | So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord. |
| 12 | The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor. |
| 13 | The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold. |
| 14 | She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you. |
| 15 | With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king’s palace. |
| 16 | Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth. |
| 17 | I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever. |
