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.

44:1 In finem, pro iis qui commutabuntur. Filiis Core, ad intellectum. Canticum pro dilecto.

2 ¶ Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum:
dico ego opera mea regi.
Lingua mea calamus scribæ
velociter scribentis.

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

3 Speciosus forma præ filiis hominum,
diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis:
propterea benedixit te Deus in æternum.

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

4 Accingere gladio tuo super femur tuum, potentissime.

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

5 Specie tua et pulchritudine tua
intende, prospere procede, et regna,
propter veritatem, et mansuetudinem, et justitiam;
et deducet te mirabiliter dextera tua.

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

6 Sagittæ tuæ acutæ:
populi sub te cadent,
in corda inimicorum regis.

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

7 Sedes tua, Deus, in sæculum sæculi;
virga directionis virga regni tui.

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

8 Dilexisti justitiam, et odisti iniquitatem;
propterea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus,
oleo lætitiæ, præ consortibus tuis.

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

9 Myrrha, et gutta, et casia a vestimentis tuis,
a domibus eburneis; ex quibus delectaverunt te

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

10 filiæ regum in honore tuo.
Astitit regina a dextris tuis
in vestitu deaurato, circumdata varietate.

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

11 Audi, filia, et vide, et inclina aurem tuam;
et obliviscere populum tuum, et domum patris tui.

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

12 Et concupiscet rex decorem tuum,
quoniam ipse est Dominus Deus tuus, et adorabunt eum.

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

13 Et filiæ Tyri in muneribus vultum tuum deprecabuntur;
omnes divites plebis.

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

14 Omnis gloria ejus filiæ regis ab intus,
in fimbriis aureis,

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

15 circumamicta varietatibus.
Adducentur regi virgines post eam;
proximæ ejus afferentur tibi.

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

16 Afferentur in lætitia et exsultatione;
adducentur in templum regis.

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

17 Pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii;
constitues eos principes super omnem terram.

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

18 Memores erunt nominis tui in omni generatione et generationem:
propterea populi confitebuntur tibi in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi.