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^(BG) whose streams^(BH) make glad the city of God,^(BI)
    the holy place where the Most High^(BJ) dwells.^(BK)
5 God is within her,^(BL) she will not fall;^(BM)
    God will help^(BN) her at break of day.
⁶ Nations^(BO) are in uproar,^(BP) kingdoms^(BQ) fall;
    he lifts his voice,^(BR) the earth melts.^(BS)

⁷ The Lord Almighty^(BT) is with us;^(BU)
    the God of Jacob^(BV) is our fortress.^(BW)

⁸ Come and see what the Lord has done,^(BX)
    the desolations^(BY) he has brought on the earth.
⁹ He makes wars^(BZ) cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow^(CA) and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields^[h] with fire.^(CB)
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;^(CC)
    I will be exalted^(CD) among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.”

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

² For the Lord Most High^(CI) is awesome,^(CJ)
    the great King^(CK) over all the earth.
³ He subdued^(CL) nations under us,
    peoples under our feet.
⁴ He chose our inheritance^(CM) for us,
    the pride of Jacob,^(CN) whom he loved.^[j]

⁵ God has ascended^(CO) amid shouts of joy,^(CP)
    the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.^(CQ)
6 Sing praises^(CR) to God, sing praises;
    sing praises to our King, sing praises.
⁷ For God is the King of all the earth;^(CS)
    sing to him a psalm^(CT) of praise.

⁸ God reigns^(CU) over the nations;
    God is seated on his holy throne.^(CV)
9 The nobles of the nations assemble
    as the people of the God of Abraham,
for the kings^[k] of the earth belong to God;^(CW)
    he is greatly exalted.^(CX)

² Beautiful^(DC) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon^[m](DD) is Mount Zion,^(DE)
    the city of the Great King.^(DF)
3 God is in her citadels;^(DG)
    he has shown himself to be her fortress.^(DH)

⁴ When the kings joined forces,
    when they advanced together,^(DI)
5 they saw her and were astounded;
    they fled in terror.^(DJ)
6 Trembling seized^(DK) them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(DL)
7 You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish^(DM)
    shattered by an east wind.^(DN)

⁸ As we have heard,
    so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
    in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
    forever.^[n](DO)

⁹ Within your temple, O God,
    we meditate^(DP) on your unfailing love.^(DQ)
10 Like your name,^(DR) O God,
    your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;^(DS)
    your right hand is filled with righteousness.
¹¹ Mount Zion rejoices,
    the villages of Judah are glad
    because of your judgments.^(DT)

¹² Walk about Zion, go around her,
    count her towers,^(DU)
13 consider well her ramparts,^(DV)
    view her citadels,^(DW)
that you may tell of them
    to the next generation.^(DX)

¹⁴ For this God is our God for ever and ever;
    he will be our guide^(DY) even to the end.

² It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
    to search out a matter is the glory of kings.^(C)
3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,
    so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

⁴ Remove the dross from the silver,
    and a silversmith can produce a vessel;
⁵ remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,^(D)
    and his throne will be established^(E) through righteousness.^(F)

⁶ Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence,
    and do not claim a place among his great men;
⁷ it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”^(G)
    than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes
⁸     do not bring^[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?^(H)

⁹ If you take your neighbor to court,
    do not betray another’s confidence,
¹⁰ or the one who hears it may shame you
    and the charge against you will stand.

¹¹ Like apples^[b] of gold in settings of silver^(I)
    is a ruling rightly given.
¹² Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
    is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.^(J)

¹³ Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time
    is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him;
    he refreshes the spirit of his master.^(K)
14 Like clouds and wind without rain
    is one who boasts of gifts never given.

¹⁵ Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,^(L)
    and a gentle tongue can break a bone.^(M)

¹⁶ If you find honey, eat just enough—
    too much of it, and you will vomit.^(N)
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—
    too much of you, and they will hate you.

¹⁸ Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow
    is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.^(O)
19 Like a broken tooth or a lame foot
    is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.
²⁰ Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day,
    or like vinegar poured on a wound,
    is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

²¹ If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
    if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
²² In doing this, you will heap burning coals^(P) on his head,
    and the Lord will reward you.^(Q)

²³ Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain
    is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.

²⁴ Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.^(R)

²⁵ Like cold water to a weary soul
    is good news from a distant land.^(S)
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well
    are the righteous who give way to the wicked.

²⁷ It is not good to eat too much honey,^(T)
    nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.^(U)

²⁸ Like a city whose walls are broken through
    is a person who lacks self-control.