Your Throne is Forever
(1 Kings 3:1-5;2 Chronicles 1:1-6;Psalm 72:1-20)
1{{To the chief Musicianupon Shoshannim,for the sonsof Korah,Maschil,A Songof loves.}} My heartis inditinga goodmatter:I speakof the things which I have madetouching the king:my tongue[is] the penof a readywriter.
2Thou art fairerthan the childrenof men:graceis pouredinto thy lips:therefore Godhath blessedthee for ever.
3Girdthy swordupon [thy] thigh,O [most] mighty,with thy gloryand thy majesty.
4And in thy majestyrideprosperouslybecauseof truthand meekness[and] righteousness;and thy right handshall teachthee terrible things.
5Thine arrows[are] sharpin the heartof the king'senemies;[whereby] the peoplefallunder thee.
6Thy throne,O God,[is] for everand ever:the sceptreof thy kingdom[is] a rightsceptre.
7Thou lovestrighteousness,and hatestwickedness:therefore God,thy God,hath anointedthee with the oilof gladnessabove thy fellows.
8All thy garments[smell] of myrrh,and aloes,[and] cassia,out of the ivorypalaces,wherebythey have made thee glad.
9Kings'daughters[were] among thy honourable women:upon thy right handdid standthe queenin goldof Ophir.
10Hearken,O daughter,and consider,and inclinethine ear;forgetalso thine own people,and thy father'shouse;
11So shall the kinggreatly desirethy beauty:for he [is] thy Lord;and worshipthou him.
12And the daughterof Tyre[shall be there] with a gift;[even] the richamong the peopleshall intreatthy favour.
13The king'sdaughter[is] all gloriouswithin:her clothing[is] of wroughtgold.
14She shall be broughtunto the kingin raiment of needlework:the virginsher companionsthat followher shall be broughtunto thee.
15With gladnessand rejoicingshall they be brought:they shall enterinto the king'spalace.
16Instead of thy fathersshall be thy children,whom thou mayest makeprincesin all the earth.
17I will make thy nameto be rememberedin allgenerations:therefore shall the peoplepraisethee for everand ever.
