Psalms 44
1 For the end, for
aSee also Ps. 68; 79, titles; q. d. repeated, see Hebrew.alternate strains by the sons of Core; for
instruction, a Song concerning the beloved.
2 My heart
bLit. eructavit.has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the
pen of a quick writer. 3 Thou art more
beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips:
therefore God has blessed thee for ever.
4 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O
Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty;
5 and bend
thy bow, and prosper, and reign, because of truth and
meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.
6 Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty
One, (the nations shall fall under thee) they are in
the heart of the king's enemies.
7 cHeb. 1. 8-10.
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a
sceptre of righteousness. 8 Thou hast
loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed
thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.
9 Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia
are exhaled from thy garments,
and out of the ivory palaces,
10 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. 11 Hear, O daughter, and
see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father's house.
12 Because the king has desired thy
beauty; for he is thy Lord. 13 And
the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the
land shall supplicate thy
dGr. face.favour.
14 All her glory
is that of the daughter of the king
eAlex. ἔσωθεν, within, so Heb.of Esebon, robed as she is in golden fringed
garments, 15 in embroidered
clothing: virgins shall be brought to the king after
her: her fellows shall be brought to thee.
16 They shall be brought with
gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple.
17 Instead of thy fathers children
are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
18 They shall make mention of thy
name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to
thee
fGr. to the age of the age.for ever, even for ever and ever.