My song to the king
Tell the leader of the choir to play the same music as the song about the flowers. This is a song of love by the Korah group.
1I want to use beautiful words
when I sing my song to the king.
My tongue is like a pen of someone
who can write beautiful words.
2You are better-looking than
all the other men and you say
beautiful things to other people.
That is why God was good to you
and blessed you forever.
3Put on your sword.
You are a strong leader, the great king.
4You are the king.
Go and defeat your enemies,
and fight for what is true and right.
Stay humble, then you will be strong
and be able to do wonderful things.
5Your arrows are sharp,
and they will pierce the hearts
of the enemies of the king.
Nations will fall before you.
6God has made you king forever,
and you will rule your people fairly and righteously.
7You love what is right and
you hate anything that is wrong and sinful.
That is why God, your God,
has anointed you and given you
more joy than He has given any other king.
8Your clothes smell like myrrh,
aloe and cassia,
and you enjoy the music
that comes from ivory palaces.
9Some of your wives are princesses
and the queen standing next to you
is wearing jewellery
of the best and finest gold.
10Young woman,
listen carefully to what I say.
You must forget your own people
and your family from far away.
11You are beautiful
and the king loves you.
You belong to him now
and you must do what he wants.
12All the rich people from
the city of Tyre will bring you gifts,
because they want you to be friendly to them.
13A princess is beautiful
when she comes in from her room.
Her clothes are made of golden threads.
14Her dress has many colours.
They lead her to the king,
and her bridesmaids walk behind her.
15They are happy and they sing
as they come into the palace of the king.
16Your sons will become kings
like their father,
and they will rule over many lands.
17I will bring honour to your name,
and all the generations will remember you.
All the nations
will praise your name forever.
