Psalms · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Psalm 45 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalm titles are printed as the start of verse 1.
1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. 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.
1 For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song. My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
2 You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
3 Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
3 Strap your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and your majesty.
4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
4 In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
5 Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.
5 Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.
6 Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.
6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
7 You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
8 All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
8 All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
9 Kings’ daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
9 Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
10 Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.
11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he [is] thy Lord; and worship thou him.
11 So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.
12 And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; [even] the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
12 The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.
13 The king’s daughter [is] all glorious within: her clothing [is] of wrought gold.
13 The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
14 She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.
15 With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king’s palace.
16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
16 Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth.
17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
17 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 49:3; 2 Samuel 23:2; Job 33:3; Proverbs 16:23; Job 32:18–20
- 2 Luke 4:22; Song of Songs 5:10–16; Psalm 21:6; John 7:46; Hebrews 7:26
- 3 Hebrews 4:12; Isaiah 49:2; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 19:15; Psalm 96:6
- 4 Psalm 65:5; Revelation 19:11; Revelation 6:2; Isaiah 59:17–18; Zechariah 9:9
- 5 Psalm 21:12; Numbers 24:8; Psalm 38:2; Zechariah 9:13–14; Psalm 22:27
- 6 Hebrews 1:8–9; Psalm 93:2; John 1:1; Isaiah 9:6–7; Jeremiah 33:15–16
- 7 Hebrews 1:9; Psalm 21:6; Isaiah 61:1–3; Psalm 33:5; Ephesians 1:3
- 8 Song of Songs 1:3; 2 Corinthians 2:14–16; John 19:39; Matthew 2:11; Song of Songs 4:6
- 9 Revelation 21:9; 1 Kings 2:19; Revelation 19:7; Ephesians 5:26–27; Revelation 21:2
- 10 Song of Songs 2:10–13; Genesis 12:1; Matthew 10:37; Matthew 19:29; 2 Corinthians 6:17–7:1
- 11 Psalm 95:6; Isaiah 54:5; Song of Songs 4:1–5; Zephaniah 3:17; Philippians 2:10–11
- 12 Psalm 22:29; Isaiah 60:3; Isaiah 23:17–18; Psalm 72:10; Isaiah 49:23
- 13 Revelation 19:7–8; Isaiah 61:10; Romans 3:22; Romans 13:14; Matthew 5:16
- 14 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
- 15 Revelation 7:15–17; Jude 24; Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 56:5
- 16 Revelation 5:10; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:6; Isaiah 60:1–5; Isaiah 49:21–22
- 17 Isaiah 62:3; Malachi 1:11; Psalm 72:17–19; Isaiah 61:9; Isaiah 59:21
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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).
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“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)