For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song.
My heart overflows with a noble theme. Psa 49:32Sa 23:2Job 33:3Pro 16:23Job 32:18-202Pe 1:21Isa 5:1Sng 1:1-7
I recite my verses for the king.
My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Luk 4:22Sng 5:10-16Jhn 7:46Psa 21:6Heb 7:26Jhn 1:14Sng 2:3Pro 22:11
Grace has anointed your lips,
therefore God has blessed you forever.
Strap your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, Heb 4:12Isa 49:2Rev 1:16Rev 19:15Isa 63:1-6Psa 21:5Psa 96:6Heb 1:3
in your splendor and your majesty.
In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Psa 65:5Rev 19:11Rev 6:2Isa 59:17-18Mat 11:29Zec 9:91Th 1:51Th 2:13
Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
Your arrows are sharp. Psa 21:12Num 24:8Psa 38:2Psa 22:27Zec 9:13-14Psa 66:3-4Rom 15:18-19Act 4:4
The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.
Your throne, God, is forever and ever. Heb 1:8-9Psa 93:2Jhn 1:1Isa 9:6-7Jer 23:5-6Jer 33:15-16Psa 145:131Ti 3:16
A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Heb 1:9Psa 21:6Isa 61:1-3Psa 33:5Col 1:18-19Eph 1:3Luk 4:18-21Jhn 3:34
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Sng 1:32Co 2:14-16Jhn 19:39Mat 2:11Sng 4:6Exo 30:23-24Psa 16:11Sng 5:1
Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. 1Ki 2:19Rev 21:9Eph 5:26-27Rev 19:7Rev 21:2Isa 60:10-11Jhn 3:29Sng 6:8-9
At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Sng 2:10-13Gen 12:1Mat 10:37Mat 19:292Co 6:17Deu 21:13Gen 2:242Co 5:16
Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.
So the king will desire your beauty, Psa 95:6Isa 54:5Sng 4:1-5Zep 3:17Php 2:10-11Luk 24:52Sng 1:8Php 3:8
honor him, for he is your lord.
The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. Psa 22:29Isa 60:3Isa 23:17-18Isa 49:23Mat 2:11Psa 72:10Isa 60:10-11Psa 68:29
The rich among the people entreat your favor.
The princess inside is all glorious. Isa 61:10Rev 19:7-8Luk 11:40Mat 5:16Rom 13:14Rom 3:221Pe 2:92Co 5:17
Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. 2Co 11:2Sng 8:13Exo 28:39Sng 1:3-5Sng 2:7Sng 6:1Sng 6:13Sng 6:8
The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. Rev 7:15-17Isa 35:10Isa 61:10Jud 1:24Isa 55:12-13Isa 56:5Isa 60:19-20Rev 3:12
They shall enter into the king’s palace.
Your sons will take the place of your fathers. Rev 5:101Pe 2:9Rev 1:6Isa 60:1-5Isa 49:21-22Isa 54:1-5Mat 19:29Mrk 10:29-30
You shall make them princes in all the earth.
I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Isa 62:3Mal 1:11Psa 72:17-19Isa 61:9Isa 59:21Mat 26:13Psa 138:4Psa 22:30-31
Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.