Psalms 45:8
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.
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
9 Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy 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.
Compare
- 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
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Read in context2 Corinthians 2:14–16
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Read in contextJohn 19:39
And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
Read in contextMatthew 2:11
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:6
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Read in contextPsalms 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:1
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: 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; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Read in contextExodus 30:23–24
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
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