¹My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

¹{Načelniku godbe. O lilijah. Psalm sinov Korahovih. Pouk. Pesem ljubezni.} Iz srca mojega vre lepa beseda; pravim: Kralju pesem moja! jezik moj bodi kakor pero spretnega pisarja.

²You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

²Mnogo lepši si od sinov človeških, miloba je razlita po ustnah tvojih, zatorej te je Bog blagoslovil vekomaj.

³Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.

³Meč svoj si opaši okoli ledij, o junak mogočni, slavo svojo in veličastvo svoje.

⁴In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.

⁴In v veličastvu svojem srečno hodi v prospeh resnice ter krotkosti in pravičnosti, in pokaže ti desnica tvoja strahotna dela.

⁵Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.

⁵Pšice tvoje so ostre, ljudstva bodo padala podte – zasadé se sovražnikom kraljevim v srce.

⁶Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.

⁶Prestol tvoj, o Bog, ostane vselej in vekomaj, pravičnosti žezlo je tvojega kraljestva žezlo.

⁷You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

⁷Ljubil si pravičnost in sovražil krivico, zato te je pomazilil Bog, Bog tvoj, z oljem veselja pred tovariši tvojimi.

⁸All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.

⁸Vsa oblačila tvoja dišé miro in aloo in kasijo, iz palač slonokoščenih te razveseljuje godba na strune.

⁹Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.

⁹Hčere kraljeve so med dragimi tvojimi, kraljica stoji tebi na desno v zlatu iz Ofirja.

¹⁰Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.

¹⁰Čuj, hči, in glej in nagni uho svoje ter pozabi ljudstvo svoje in hišo očeta svojega.

¹¹So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.

¹¹In radoval se bo kralj lepote tvoje; zakaj on je Gospod tvoj: poklanjaj se njemu!

¹²The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.

¹²In hči tirska pride z darilom, bogatini izmed ljudstev bodo prosili blagovoljnosti tvoje.

¹³The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.

¹³Vsa krasna je hči kraljeva v notranjščini hiše, obleka njena z zlatom je pretkana.

¹⁴She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.

¹⁴V pisanih oblačilih jo privedo h kralju, zanjo pa device, njene tovarišice, pripeljejo k tebi.

¹⁵With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king’s palace.

¹⁵Vodili jih bodo z največjim veseljem in radovanjem in stopijo v palačo kraljevo.

¹⁶Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth.

¹⁶Na mestu očetov tvojih bodo sinovi tvoji, za vojvode jih postaviš po vsej zemlji.Spominjal bom imena tvojega od roda do roda, zato te bodo slavila ljudstva vedno in na večne čase.

¹⁷I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.

¹⁷Spominjal bom imena tvojega od roda do roda, zato te bodo slavila ljudstva vedno in na večne čase.