² You are the most excellent of men
    and your lips have been anointed with grace,^(B)
    since God has blessed you forever.^(C)

³ Gird your sword^(D) on your side, you mighty one;^(E)
    clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.^(F)
4 In your majesty ride forth victoriously^(G)
    in the cause of truth, humility and justice;^(H)
    let your right hand^(I) achieve awesome deeds.^(J)
5 Let your sharp arrows^(K) pierce the hearts^(L) of the king’s enemies;^(M)
    let the nations fall beneath your feet.
⁶ Your throne, O God,^[c] will last for ever and ever;^(N)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
⁷ You love righteousness^(O) and hate wickedness;^(P)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing^(Q) you with the oil of joy.^(R)
8 All your robes are fragrant^(S) with myrrh^(T) and aloes^(U) and cassia;^(V)
    from palaces adorned with ivory^(W)
    the music of the strings^(X) makes you glad.
⁹ Daughters of kings^(Y) are among your honored women;
    at your right hand^(Z) is the royal bride^(AA) in gold of Ophir.^(AB)

¹⁰ Listen, daughter,^(AC) and pay careful attention:^(AD)
    Forget your people^(AE) and your father’s house.
¹¹ Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;^(AF)
    honor^(AG) him, for he is your lord.^(AH)
12 The city of Tyre^(AI) will come with a gift,^[d](AJ)
    people of wealth will seek your favor.
¹³ All glorious^(AK) is the princess within her chamber;
    her gown is interwoven with gold.^(AL)
14 In embroidered garments^(AM) she is led to the king;^(AN)
    her virgin companions^(AO) follow her—
    those brought to be with her.
¹⁵ Led in with joy and gladness,^(AP)
    they enter the palace of the king.

¹⁶ Your sons will take the place of your fathers;
    you will make them princes^(AQ) throughout the land.

¹⁷ I will perpetuate your memory through all generations;^(AR)
    therefore the nations will praise you^(AS) for ever and ever.^(AT)

⁴ There is a river^(M) whose streams^(N) make glad the city of God,^(O)
    the holy place where the Most High^(P) dwells.^(Q)
5 God is within her,^(R) she will not fall;^(S)
    God will help^(T) her at break of day.
⁶ Nations^(U) are in uproar,^(V) kingdoms^(W) fall;
    he lifts his voice,^(X) the earth melts.^(Y)

⁷ The Lord Almighty^(Z) is with us;^(AA)
    the God of Jacob^(AB) is our fortress.^(AC)

⁸ Come and see what the Lord has done,^(AD)
    the desolations^(AE) he has brought on the earth.
⁹ He makes wars^(AF) cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow^(AG) and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields^[d] with fire.^(AH)
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;^(AI)
    I will be exalted^(AJ) among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.”

¹¹ The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob^(AK) is our fortress.^(AL)

¹⁵ Truth^(A) is nowhere to be found,
    and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.

The Lord looked and was displeased
    that there was no justice.^(B)
16 He saw that there was no one,^(C)
    he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;^(D)
so his own arm achieved salvation^(E) for him,
    and his own righteousness^(F) sustained him.
¹⁷ He put on righteousness as his breastplate,^(G)
    and the helmet^(H) of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments^(I) of vengeance^(J)
    and wrapped himself in zeal^(K) as in a cloak.
¹⁸ According to what they have done,
    so will he repay^(L)
wrath to his enemies
    and retribution to his foes;
    he will repay the islands^(M) their due.
¹⁹ From the west,^(N) people will fear the name of the Lord,
    and from the rising of the sun,^(O) they will revere his glory.^(P)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
    that the breath^(Q) of the Lord drives along.^[a]

²⁰ “The Redeemer^(R) will come to Zion,^(S)
    to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”^(T)
declares the Lord.