Bible
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- MY HEART overflows with a goodly theme; I address my psalm to a King. My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer.
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- You are fairer than the children of men; graciousness is poured upon Your lips; therefore God has blessed You forever.
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- Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O mighty One, in Your glory and Your majesty!
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- And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly for the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); and let Your right hand guide You to tremendous things.
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- Your arrows are sharp; the peoples fall under You; Your darts pierce the hearts of the King's enemies.
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- Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
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- You love righteousness, uprightness, and right standing with God and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows. [Heb. 1:8, 9.]
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- Your garments are all fragrant with myrrh, aloes, and cassia; stringed instruments make You glad.
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- Kings' daughters are among Your honorable women; at Your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
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- Hear, O daughter, consider, submit, and consent to my instruction: forget also your own people and your father's house;
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- So will the King desire your beauty; because He is your Lord, be submissive and reverence and honor Him.
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- And, O daughter of Tyre, the richest of the people shall entreat your favor with a gift.
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- The King's daughter in the inner part [of the palace] is all glorious; her clothing is inwrought with gold. [Rev. 19:7, 8.]
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- She shall be brought to the King in raiment of needlework; with the virgins, her companions that follow her, she shall be brought to You.
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- With gladness and rejoicing will they be brought; they will enter into the King's palace.
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- Instead of Your fathers shall be Your sons, whom You will make princes in all the land.
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- I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore shall the people praise and give You thanks forever and ever.
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