Psalms 45:8
6 Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
9 The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
10 Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
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
- All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
- KJV
- All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
- WEB
- All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
- ASV
- All thy garments [smell of] myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
- DARBY
- Myrrh and aloes, cassia, are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
- BLB
- All your garments [are] with myrrh and aloes [and] cassia; from the palaces of ivory, the harps have made you glad.
- ÅB
- Av myrra og aloë og kassia dufter alle dine klær; fra elfenbens-slott fryder deg strengelek.
- OTB
- Alle dine klær dufter av myrra, aloe og kassia;
Fra elfenbenspalasser har strengeinstrumenter gledet deg. - B1930
- Av myrra og aloë og kassia dufter alle dine klær; fra elfenbens-slott fryder dig strengelek.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 1:3
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
Read in context2 Corinthians 2:14–16
But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
Read in contextJohn 19:39
Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
Read in contextMatthew 2:11
On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:6
Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
Read in contextPsalms 16:11
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:1
I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
Read in contextExodus 30:23–24
“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
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