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Psalm 45

45 This is a note for the worship leader: of the Korahites wrote song. is a tune is “Lilies.”

1 There is something wonderful that I feel so strongly about that I must sing about it.

I will sing a song that I have composed in honor of the king.

As I sing, I will express my ideas in an orderly and complete way,

just like a scribe who records quickly and accurately what he hears people say.

2 O King, you are the most handsome man in the world!

You speak very graciously!

So we know that God has always blessed you.

3 Prepare yourself to keep fighting powerfully for justice!

You are glorious and majestic when you do that.

4 Go and win victories to establish yourself as a king who is honest,

who does not proudly oppress his people,

and who does what is right.

As you do that, may you find that your skill as a warrior

terrifies anyone who would resist you.

5 Your sharp arrows pierce into the hearts of your enemies.

You defeat the people groups that fight against you.

6 Your Majesty, you will be the king for a very long time.

You decide people’s cases fairly as you rule your kingdom.

7 You love it when people do what is right,

and you hate it when people do what is wrong.

That is why God, whom you worship, has made you so happy.

You are happier than all the people around you.

8 Your royal robes smell beautifully of the spices myrrh, aloes, and cassia.

From within your palace, which has ivory decorations,

you hear people playing stringed instruments.

That music makes you happy.

9 The honored women of your court include foreign princesses.

Your bride, the queen, is standing at your right side.

Threads of gold fine gold from Ophir

decorate her robe.

10 And as for you, dear bride,

please listen carefully to my advice.

From now on, regard this as your country

and these people as your family.

11 If you do that, the king will love and appreciate you even more.

Bow down in front of him to honor him as your husband and king.

12 Representatives of foreign kingdoms such as the wealthy kingdom of Tyre will bring gifts to you.

The wealthy people of this kingdom will ask you to treat them favorably.

13 This royal princess looked so beautiful in her private room where she had dressed for the wedding!

She had put on a robe that gold threads richly decorated.

14 As she came in procession to where you are, O king,

people could see that her robe also had beautiful designs of colored thread.

Other young women, her bridesmaids,

followed her in that procession.

15 As they came in procession into your palace,

this made everyone very happy.

16 You will be famous not because of your ancestors but because of your descendants.

They will have influence and authority all over the world.

17 By this song, I want to make the people of future generations remember what a great king you are.

Then people will always say good things about you.