Psalm 45
1 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.
1 My heart overfloweth with a good matter; * I speak the things which I have made con- | cerning • the | King. ||
My tongue is the | pen • of a | ready | writer. ||
2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
2 Thou art fairer than the | 3 children of | men; ||
full of grace are thy lips, because | God hath | 3 blessed thee for | ever. ||
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
3 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, 3 O | thou Most | Mighty, ||
according to thy | worship | and re- | nown. ||
4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
4 Good luck have thou with thine honour: * ride on, because of the word of truth, of | 3 meekness, and | righteous•ness; ||
and thy right hand shall | teach thee | terri•ble | things. ||
5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
5 Thy arrows are very sharp in the | heart of • the King's | ene•mies, ||
and the | people | shall be • sub- | dued unto • thee. ||
6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
6 Thy seat, O God, en- | 3 dureth for | ever; ||
the sceptre of thy | kingdom • is a | right | sceptre. ||
7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and | 3 hated in- | iqui•ty; ||
wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of | 3 gladness a- | bove thy | fellows. ||
8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, | aloes, • and | cassia; ||
out of the ivory palaces, where- | by • they have | made thee | glad. ||
9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
9 Kings' daughters are among thy | honour•able | women; ||
upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in a vesture of gold, * wrought a- | bout with | divers | colours. ||
10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider; in- | cline thine | ear; ||
forget also thine own | people, • and thy | father's | house. ||
11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
11 So shall the King have | pleasure • in thy | beauty; ||
for he is thy | Lord, and | 3 worship thou | him. ||
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be | there • with a | gift; ||
like as the rich also among the people shall | make their • suppli- | 3 cation be- | fore thee. ||
13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
13 The King's daughter is all glorious within; * her 3 clothing | is of • wrought | gold. ||
14 She shall be brought unto the | King in | 3 raiment of | needle•work: ||
14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, * 3 and | shall be | brought unto • thee. ||
15 With joy and gladness shall they be brought, * and shall | enter • into the | King's | palace. ||
15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
16 Instead of thy fathers, 3 thou | shalt have | children, ||
whom thou mayest make | 3 princes in | all | lands. ||
17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
17 I will make thy Name to be remembered from one gener- | ation • to an- | other; ||
therefore shall the people give | thanks unto • thee, | world with•out | end. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).