1 My heart is astir with gracious words; ♦︎
as I make my song for the king,
my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2 You are the fairest of men; ♦︎
full of grace are your lips,
for God has blest you for ever.
3 Gird your sword upon your thigh, O mighty one; ♦︎
gird on your majesty and glory.
4 Ride on and prosper in the cause of truth ♦︎
and for the sake of humility and righteousness.
5 Your right hand will teach you terrible things; ♦︎
your arrows will be sharp in the heart of the kings enemies,
so that peoples fall beneath you.
6 Your throne is Gods throne, for ever; ♦︎
the sceptre of your kingdom is the sceptre of righteousness.
7 You love righteousness and hate iniquity; ♦︎
therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
8 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia; ♦︎
from ivory palaces the music of strings makes you glad.
9 Kings daughters are among your honourable women; ♦︎
at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 Hear, O daughter; consider and incline your ear; ♦︎
forget your own people and your fathers house.
11 So shall the king have pleasure in your beauty; ♦︎
he is your lord, so do him honour.
12 The people of Tyre shall bring you gifts; ♦︎
the richest of the people shall seek your favour.
13 The kings daughter is all glorious within; ♦︎
her clothing is embroidered cloth of gold.
14 She shall be brought to the king in raiment of needlework; ♦︎
after her the virgins that are her companions.
15 With joy and gladness shall they be brought ♦︎
and enter into the palace of the king.
16 Instead of your fathers you shall have sons, ♦︎
whom you shall make princes over all the land.
17 I will make your name to be remembered through all generations; ♦︎
therefore shall the peoples praise you for ever and ever.
1 Alleluia.
Give praise, you servants of the Lord, ♦︎
O praise the name of the Lord.
2 Blessed be the name of the Lord, ♦︎
from this time forth and for evermore.
3 From the rising of the sun to its setting ♦︎
let the name of the Lord be praised.
4 The Lord is high above all nations ♦︎
and his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the Lord our God,
that has his throne so high, ♦︎
yet humbles himself to behold
the things of heaven and earth?
6 He raises the poor from the dust ♦︎
and lifts the needy from the ashes,
7 To set them with princes, ♦︎
with the princes of his people.
8 He gives the barren woman a place in the house ♦︎
and makes her a joyful mother of children.
Alleluia.