Psalm 45

​Annunciation of Our Lord

¹My heart overflows with a goodly theme;
I address my verses to the king;
my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
²You are the most handsome of men;
grace is poured upon your lips;
therefore God has blessed you forever.
³Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one,
in your glory and majesty.
⁴In your majesty ride on victoriously
for the cause of truth and to defend the right;
let your right hand teach you dread deeds.
⁵Your arrows are sharp
in the heart of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
⁶Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever.
Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;
⁷you love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
⁸your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;
⁹daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
¹⁰Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear;
forget your people and your father’s house,
¹¹and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him;
¹²the people of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts,
the richest of the people ¹³with all kinds of wealth.
he princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;
¹⁴in many-colored robes she is led to the king;
behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.
¹⁵With joy and gladness they are led along
as they enter the palace of the king.
¹⁶In the place of ancestors you, O king, shall have sons;
you will make them princes in all the earth.
¹⁷I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations;
therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.