1 M y heart overflows with a goodly theme; I address my psalm to a King. My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer.

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

2 Y ou are fairer than the children of men; graciousness is poured upon Your lips; therefore God has blessed You forever.

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

3 G ird Your sword upon Your thigh, O mighty One, in Your glory and Your majesty!

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

4 A nd in Your majesty ride on triumphantly for the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); and let Your right hand guide You to tremendous things.

And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

5 Y our arrows are sharp; the peoples fall under You; Your darts pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

6 Y our throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

7 Y ou love righteousness, uprightness, and right standing with God and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

8 Y our garments are all fragrant with myrrh, aloes, and cassia; stringed instruments make You glad.

All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

9 K ings’ daughters are among Your honorable women; at Your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

10 H ear, O daughter, consider, submit, and consent to my instruction: forget also your own people and your father’s house;

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

11 S o will the King desire your beauty; because He is your Lord, be submissive and reverence and honor Him.

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

12 A nd, O daughter of Tyre, the richest of the people shall entreat your favor with a gift.

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

13 T he King’s daughter in the inner part is all glorious; her clothing is inwrought with gold.

The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

14 S he shall be brought to the King in raiment of needlework; with the virgins, her companions that follow her, she shall be brought to You.

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

15 W ith gladness and rejoicing will they be brought; they will enter into the King’s palace.

With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.

16 I nstead of Your fathers shall be Your sons, whom You will make princes in all the land.

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

17 I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore shall the people praise and give You thanks forever and ever.

I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.