The Glories of the Messiah and His Bride (Psalm 45)

Chapter 45

(NKJV)

The Glories of the Messiah and His Bride

To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A Contemplation of the Sons of Korah. A Song of Love.

1My heart is overflowing with a good theme;
I recite my composition concerning the King;
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

2You are fairer than the sons of men;
Grace is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.

3Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One,
With Your glory and Your majesty.

4And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility,and righteousness;
And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.

5Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies;
The peoples fall under You.

6Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

7You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.

8All Your garments are scented with myrrh and aloes and cassia,
Out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made You glad.

9Kings' daughters are among Your honorable women;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

10Listen, O daughter,
Consider and incline your ear;
Forget your own people also, and your father's house;

11So the King will greatly desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, worship Him.

12And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.

13The royal daughter is all glorious within the palace;
Her clothing is woven with gold.

14She shall be brought to the King in robes of many colors;
The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to You.

15With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought;
They shall enter the King's palace.

16Instead of Your fathers shall be Your sons,
Whom You shall make princes in all the earth.

17I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations;
Therefore the people shall praise You forever and ever.

(KJV)

 ¹My 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.
 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 most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
 ⁴And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
 ⁵Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
 ⁶Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
 ⁷Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest 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 the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
 ⁹Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did 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 shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
 ¹²And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
 ¹³The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
 ¹⁴She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
 ¹⁵With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
 ¹⁶Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
 ¹⁷I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.