Psalm 45:9-16

New International Version

⁹Daughters of kings^(A) are among your honored women;
at your right hand^(B) is the royal bride^(C) in gold of Ophir.^(D)

¹⁰Listen, daughter,^(E) and pay careful attention:^(F)
    Forget your people^(G) and your father’s house.
¹¹Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;^(H)
    honor^(I) him, for he is your lord.^(J)
¹²The city of Tyre^(K) will come with a gift,^[a]^(L)
    people of wealth will seek your favor.
¹³All glorious^(M) is the princess within her chamber;
    her gown is interwoven with gold.^(N)
¹⁴In embroidered garments^(O) she is led to the king;^(P)
    her virgin companions^(Q) follow her—
    those brought to be with her.
¹⁵Led in with joy and gladness,^(R)
    they enter the palace of the king.

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

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Footnotes

Psalm 45:12 Or A Tyrian robe is among the gifts

Isaiah 25:1-9

New International Version

Praise to the Lord

25 Lord, you are my God;^(A)
    I will exalt you and praise your name,^(B)
for in perfect faithfulness^(C)
    you have done wonderful things,^(D)
    things planned^(E) long ago.
²You have made the city a heap of rubble,^(F)
    the fortified^(G) town a ruin,^(H)
the foreigners’ stronghold^(I) a city no more;
    it will never be rebuilt.^(J)
³Therefore strong peoples will honor you;^(K)
    cities of ruthless^(L) nations will revere you.
⁴You have been a refuge^(M) for the poor,^(N)
    a refuge for the needy^(O) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm^(P)
    and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless^(Q)
    is like a storm driving against a wall
⁵    and like the heat of the desert.
You silence^(R) the uproar of foreigners;^(S)
    as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
    so the song of the ruthless^(T) is stilled.

⁶On this mountain^(U) the Lord Almighty will prepare
    a feast^(V) of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
    the best of meats and the finest of wines.^(W)
⁷On this mountain he will destroy
    the shroud^(X) that enfolds all peoples,^(Y)
the sheet that covers all nations;
⁸    he will swallow up death^(Z) forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears^(AA)
    from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace^(AB)
    from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.^(AC)

⁹In that day^(AD) they will say,

“Surely this is our God;^(AE)
we trusted^(AF) in him, and he saved^(AG) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice^(AH) and be glad in his salvation.”^(AI)

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John 3:29

New International Version

²⁹The bride belongs to the bridegroom.^(A) The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.^(B)

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John 3:29 in all English translations