45 ⁽⁰⁾ For the leader. Set to “Lilies.” By the descendants of Korach. A maskil. A lovesong:

^2 (1) My heart is stirred by a noble theme;
I address my verses to the king;
My tongue is the pen of an expert scribe.

^3 (2) You are the most handsome of men;
gracious speech flows from your lips.
For God has blessed you forever.
^4 (3) Warrior, strap your sword at your thigh;
[gird on] your splendor and majesty.
^5 (4) In your majesty, succeed, ride on
in the cause of truth, meekness and righteousness.
May your right hand teach you awesome things.
^6 (5) Your arrows are sharp. The people fall under you,
as they penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies.
^7 (6) Your throne, God, will last forever and ever;
you rule your kingdom with a scepter of equity.
^8 (7) You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of joy in preference to your companions.
^9 (8) Your robes are all fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia;
from ivory palaces stringed instruments bring you joy.
^10 (9) Daughters of kings are among your favorites;
at your right stands the queen in gold from Ofir.

^11 (10) Listen, daughter! Think, pay attention!
Forget your own people and your father’s house,
^12 (11) and the king will desire your beauty;
for he is your lord, so honor him.
^13 (12) Then the daughter of Tzor, the richest of peoples,
will court your favor with gifts.

^14 (13) Inside [the palace], the king’s daughter looks splendid,
attired in checker-work embroidered with gold.
^15 (14) In brocade, she will be led to the king,
to you, with the virgins in her retinue.
^16 (15) They will be led in with gladness and joy,
they will enter the king’s palace.
^17 (16) You will have sons to succeed your ancestors;
you will make them princes in all the land.
^18 (17) I will make your name known through all generations;
thus the peoples will praise you forever and ever.