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Psalms 45:5

3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

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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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
KJV
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
WEB
Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.
ASV
Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; [They are] in the heart of the king`s enemies.
DARBY
Thine arrows are sharp peoples fall under thee in the heart of the king's enemies.
BLB
Your arrows [are] sharp—the peoples fall under you—in the heart of the enemies of the king.
ÅB
Dine piler er hvesset - folkeferd faller under deg - de trenger inn i hjertet på kongens fiender.
OTB
Dine piler er skarpe;
Folkene faller under deg;
Dine piler trenger inn i hjertet på kongens fiender.
B1930
Dine piler er hvesset - folkeferd faller under dig - de trenger inn i hjertet på kongens fiender.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 21:12

    Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

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  • Numbers 24:8

    God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

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  • Psalms 38:2

    For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

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  • Zechariah 9:13–14

    When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

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  • Psalms 22:27

    All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

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  • Romans 15:18–19

    For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

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  • Psalms 66:3–4

    Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

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  • Acts 4:4

    Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

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