Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 My heart has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.
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My heart overflows with a goodly theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
2 Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever.
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You are the most handsome of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty;
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Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your glory and majesty.
4 and bend thy bow, and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.
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In your majesty ride on victoriously for the cause of truth and to defend the right; let your right hand teach you dread deeds.
5 Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under thee) they are in the heart of the king’s enemies.
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Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you.
6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.
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Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;
7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.
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you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
8 Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia are exhaled from thy garments, and out of the ivory palaces,
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your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;
9 with which kings’ daughters have gladdened thee for thine honour: the queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, and arrayed in divers colours.
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daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father’s house.
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Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear; forget your people and your father's house,
11 Because the king has desired thy beauty; for he is thy Lord.
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and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him;
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate thy favour.
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the people of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts, the richest of the people
13 All her glory is that of the daughter of the king of Esebon, robed as she is in golden fringed garments,
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with all kinds of wealth. The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;
14 in embroidered clothing: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to thee.
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in many-colored robes she is led to the king; behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.
15 They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king’s temple.
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With joy and gladness they are led along as they enter the palace of the king.
16 Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
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In the place of ancestors you, O king, shall have sons; you will make them princes in all the earth.
17 They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee for ever, even for ever and ever.
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I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations; therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.
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