Psalm 45

Chant Psalter

Natural Speech Rhythm

1 My heart is inditing of a good matter; * I speak of the things which I have | made un•to the | king. ||

2 My tongue is the | pen • of a | ready | writer. ||

3 Thou art fairer than the | 3 children of | men ||

full of grace are thy lips, because | God hath | 3 blessed thee for | ever. ||

4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, 3 O | thou most | Mighty ||

according to thy | worship | and re- | nown. ||

5 Good luck have thou with thine honour, * ride on, because of the word of truth, of | 3 meekness, and | righteous•ness; ||

and thy right hand shall | teach thee | terri•ble | things. ||

6 Thy arrows are very sharp, and the | people • shall be sub- | dued unto • thee ||

even in the | midst a- | mong the • King's | ene•mies. ||

7 Thy seat, O God, en- | 3 dureth for | ever ||

the sceptre of thy | kingdom • is a | right | sceptre. ||

8 Thou hast loved righteousness, and | 3 hated in- | iqui•ty ||

wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of | 3 gladness a- | bove thy | fellows. ||

9 All thy garments smell of myrrh, | aloes, • and | cassia ||

out of the ivory palaces, where- | by • they have | made thee | glad. ||

10 Kings' daughters were among thy | honour•able | women ||

upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold, * wrought a- | bout with | divers | colours. ||

11 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, in- | cline thine | ear ||

forget also thine own | people, • and thy | father's | house. ||

12 So shall the King have | pleasure • in thy | beauty ||

for he is thy Lord | God, and | 3 worship thou | him. ||

13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be | there • with a | gift ||

like as the rich also among the people shall | make their • suppli- | 3 cation be- | fore thee. ||

14 The King's daughter is all glorious within; * her 3 clothing | is of • wrought | gold. ||

15 She shall be brought unto the | King in | 3 raiment of | needle•work ||

the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, * 3 and | shall be | brought unto • thee. ||

16 With joy and gladness shall they be brought; * and shall | enter • into the | King's | palace. ||

17 Instead of thy fathers 3 thou | shalt have | children ||

whom thou mayest make | 3 princes in | all | lands. ||

18 I will remember thy Name from one gener- | ation • to an- | other ||

therefore shall the people give | thanks unto • thee, | world with•out | end. ||

Glory | be • to the | Father, ||

and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||

As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||

is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||