My Heart Is Stirred by a Noble Theme

1(44:1) For the end, for alternate strains by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved. My heart has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.

2(44:2) Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever.

3(44:3) Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty;

4(44:4) and bend thy bow, and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.

5(44:5) Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under thee) they are in the heart of the king's enemies.

6(44:6) Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.

7(44:7) Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.

8(44:8) Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia are exhaled from thy garments, and out of the ivory palaces,

9(44:9) with which kings' daughters have gladdened thee for thine honour: the queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, and arrayed in divers colours.

10(44:10) Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father's house.

11(44:11) Because the king has desired thy beauty; for he is thy Lord.

12(44:12) And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate thy favour.

13(44:13) All her glory is that of the daughter of the king of Esebon, robed as she is in golden fringed garments,

14(44:14) in embroidered clothing: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to thee.

15(44:15) They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple.

16(44:16) Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

17(44:17) They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee for ever, even for ever and ever.