Take delight(A) in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.(B)

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Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts,(A)
    and their bows will be broken.(B)

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15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

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31 The law of their God is in their hearts;(A)
    their feet do not slip.(B)

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31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

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I am feeble and utterly crushed;(A)
    I groan(B) in anguish of heart.(C)

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I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

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10 My heart pounds,(A) my strength fails(B) me;
    even the light has gone from my eyes.(C)

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10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

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    my heart grew hot(A) within me.
While I meditated,(B) the fire(C) burned;
    then I spoke with my tongue:

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My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

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I desire to do your will,(A) my God;(B)
    your law is within my heart.”(C)

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I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

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10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
    I speak of your faithfulness(A) and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness
    from the great assembly.(B)

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10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

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12 For troubles(A) without number surround me;
    my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.(B)
They are more than the hairs of my head,(C)
    and my heart fails(D) within me.

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12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

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When one of them comes to see me,
    he speaks falsely,(A) while his heart gathers slander;(B)
    then he goes out and spreads(C) it around.

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And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

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18 Our hearts had not turned(A) back;
    our feet had not strayed from your path.

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18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

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21 would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?(A)

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21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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Psalm 45[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[b] A wedding song.(A)

My heart is stirred by a noble theme
    as I recite my verses for the king;
    my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 45:1 In Hebrew texts 45:1-17 is numbered 45:2-18.
  2. Psalm 45:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

45 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

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