1 For the end, for alternate [strains] by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved. 2 My heart has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer. 3 Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever. 4 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty; 5 and bend [thy bow], and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully. 6 Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under thee) [they are] in the heart of the king's enemies. 7 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness. 8 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows. 9 Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia [are exhaled] from thy garments, [and] out of the ivory palaces, 10 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. 11 Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father's house. 12 Because the king has desired thy beauty; for he is thy Lord. 13 And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate thy favour. 14 All her glory [is that] of the daughter of the king of Esebon, robed [as she is] in golden fringed garments, 15 in embroidered [clothing]: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to thee. 16 They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple. 17 Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth. 18 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.
Psalms · Brenton's English Septuagint
Psalm 44 (45) Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (3)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Brenton.
- 1 Psalm 49:3; 2 Samuel 23:2; Job 33:3; Proverbs 16:23; Job 32:18–20
- 2 Psalm 49:3; 2 Samuel 23:2; Job 33:3; Proverbs 16:23; Job 32:18–20
- 3 Luke 4:22; Song of Songs 5:10–16; Psalm 21:6; John 7:46; Hebrews 7:26
- 4 Hebrews 4:12; Isaiah 49:2; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 19:15; Psalm 96:6
- 5 Psalm 65:5; Revelation 19:11; Revelation 6:2; Isaiah 59:17–18; Zechariah 9:9
- 6 Psalm 21:12; Numbers 24:8; Psalm 38:2; Zechariah 9:13–14; Psalm 22:27
- 7 Hebrews 1:8–9; Psalm 93:2; John 1:1; Isaiah 9:6–7; Jeremiah 33:15–16
- 8 Hebrews 1:9; Psalm 21:6; Isaiah 61:1–3; Psalm 33:5; Ephesians 1:3
- 9 Song of Songs 1:3; 2 Corinthians 2:14–16; John 19:39; Matthew 2:11; Song of Songs 4:6
- 10 Revelation 21:9; 1 Kings 2:19; Revelation 19:7; Ephesians 5:26–27; Revelation 21:2
- 11 Song of Songs 2:10–13; Genesis 12:1; Matthew 10:37; Matthew 19:29; 2 Corinthians 6:17–7:1
- 12 Psalm 95:6; Isaiah 54:5; Song of Songs 4:1–5; Zephaniah 3:17; Philippians 2:10–11
- 13 Psalm 22:29; Isaiah 60:3; Isaiah 23:17–18; Psalm 72:10; Isaiah 49:23
- 14 Revelation 19:7–8; Isaiah 61:10; Romans 3:22; Romans 13:14; Matthew 5:16
- 15 2 Corinthians 11:2; Song of Songs 8:13; Song of Songs 6:13; Song of Songs 2:7; Song of Songs 1:3–5
- 16 Revelation 7:15–17; Jude 24; Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 56:5
- 17 Revelation 5:10; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:6; Isaiah 60:1–5; Isaiah 49:21–22
- 18 Isaiah 62:3; Malachi 1:11; Psalm 72:17–19; Isaiah 61:9; Isaiah 59:21
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 45.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
This Psalm is addressed "to the sons of Korah," as its title shows. Now Korah is equivalent to the word baldness; and we find in the Gospel that our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified in "the place of a skull." It is clear then that this Psalm is sung to the "sons of His Passion.'" Now we have on this …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But our Lord is Himself the resurrection, as He does Himself declare, "I am the resurrection and the life." But the fathers are His children; for it is said by the prophet: "Instead of thy fathers, thy children have been made to thee." Christ Himself, therefore, together with the Father, is the God of the living, who spake to Moses, …
Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity: therefore God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of exultation above Thy fellows;" that is, plainly, Christ above Christians.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Of this therefore the prophet discourses unto her, and saith, "Forget thy people, and thy father's house, so shall the king have pleasure in thy beauty." This Ruth did too, and because of this she became a mother of kings, even as the Church did likewise.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And for this reason, methinks, the Psalmist says to mankind, Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house, whom thou hast chosen for a father, whom thou hast drawn upon thyself to thy destruction.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)