King James Version

Psalms 45

Psalms in the King James Version. Each verse number opens that verse. Study, in the row above the verse, opens the Hebrew, the notes, the other translations, and the connections.

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Open Psalms 45:1

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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Open Psalms 45:2

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
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Open Psalms 45:3

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
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Open Psalms 45:4

And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
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Open Psalms 45:5

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
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Translation Note
In the Hebrew text this line is Psalm 45:7. The King James reads “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.” The Hebrew is כִּסְאֲךָ אֱלֹהִים עוֹלָם וָעֶד. Brenton agrees: “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever,” and the Greek addresses ὁ Θεός. The 1917 Jewish Publication Society reads “Thy throne given of God is for ever and ever,” so the throne is given by God rather than addressed to God.
The next line, in both the King James and the Jewish Publication Society, says “God, thy God, hath anointed thee.” Christians read the throne as the Son’s, and the anointing as the Father’s. The one addressed as God is anointed by God. That is the Son. Jesus is God.
King James Version. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Jewish Publication Society (1917). “Thy throne given of God is for ever and ever; a sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.”
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English. “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.”
Septuagint, Brenton’s Greek (1851). Ὁ θρόνος σου ὁ Θεὸς εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος, ῥάβδος εὐθύτητος ἡ ῥάβδος τῆς βασιλείας σου.
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Open Psalms 45:6

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
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Translation Note
In the Hebrew text this line is Psalm 45:8. The King James, the 1917 Jewish Publication Society, and Brenton agree that God anoints the king: “God, thy God, hath anointed thee.” The Hebrew has אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהֶיךָ, “God, your God.”
Read with the previous verse, the Jewish Publication Society has a throne “given of God,” and then this anointing. The King James and Brenton have already addressed the king as God. Christians say both lines are true of the Son: his throne is God’s, and his God anoints him. Jesus is God the Son.
King James Version. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Jewish Publication Society (1917). “therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.”
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English. “therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.”
Septuagint, Brenton’s Greek (1851). διὰ τοῦτο ἔχρισέ σε ὁ Θεὸς ὁ Θεός σου ἔλαιον ἀγαλλιάσεως παρὰ τοὺς μετόχους σου.
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Open Psalms 45:7

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
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Open Psalms 45:8

All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
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Open Psalms 45:9

Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
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Open Psalms 45:10

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
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Open Psalms 45:11

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
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Open Psalms 45:12

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
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Open Psalms 45:13

The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
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Open Psalms 45:14

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
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Open Psalms 45:15

With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.
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Open Psalms 45:16

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
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Open Psalms 45:17

I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

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