- [To the chiefe musition (on the instrument) Sosannim
(to be song of the) children of Corach.
A song of loue,
geuyng wise instructions.]
- 1
- My heart is endityng of a good matter: I wyll dedicate my workes vnto the king, my tongue is as the penne of a redy writer.
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- Thou art fayrer then the children of men, full of grace are thy lippes: because the Lorde hath blessed thee for euer.
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- Girde thee with thy sworde vpon thy thygh O thou most mightie: [that is] with thy glorie and thy maiestie.
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- Prosper thou with thy maiestie, ryde on the worde of trueth and of affliction for ryghteousnesse sake: and thy ryght hande shall teache thee terrible thynges.
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- Thyne arrowes are sharpe: a people the kynges enemies shall submit in heart them selues vnto thee.
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- Thy throne O Lorde endureth for euer and euer: the scepter of ryghteousnesse is the scepter of thy kyngdome.
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- Thou hast loued iustice and hated vngodlynesse: wherfore the Lorde euen thy Lorde hath annoynted thee with the oyle of gladnesse more then thy felowes.
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- All thy garmentes smell of Myrre, Aloes, and Cassia, out of the iuorie palaces: wherby they haue made thee glad.
- 9
- Kynges daughters are amongst thy honourable women: vpon thy ryght hande standeth the queene in a vesture of golde of Ophir.
- 10
- Hearken O daughter and consider, encline thine eare: forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house.
- 11
- So shall the kyng haue pleasure in thy beautie: for he is thy Lorde, and worship thou hym.
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- And the daughter of Tyre shall come with a present: the riche among the people shall make their earnest prayer before thee.
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- The kynges daughter is all glorious within: her clothyng is of wrought golde.
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- She shalbe brought vnto the kyng in rayment of needle worke: the virgins that folowe her and her company shalbe brought vnto thee.
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- With ioy and gladnesse shall they be brought: [and] shal enter into the kinges palace.
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- In steade of thy fathers, thou shalt haue children: whom thou mayst make princes in all landes.
- 17
- I wyll remember thy name from one generation vnto another: therfore shall the people prayse thee worlde without ende.
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