Book of Psalms, No. 45
Psalms 45 NWT - New World TranslationNo. 45 of the Psalms—New World Translation (NWT)
- ¶ My heart has become astir with a goodly matter.1
I am saying: “My works are concerning a king.”2
May my tongue be the stylus3 of a skilled copyist.4 - ¶ You are indeed more handsome than the sons of men.[a]5
Charm has been poured out upon your lips.6
That is why God[b] has blessed you to time indefinite.7 - ¶ Gird your sword8 upon [your][c] thigh, O mighty one,[d]9
[With] your dignity and your splendor.10 - ¶ And in your splendor go on to success;11
Ride in the cause of truth and humility [and] righteousness,12
And your right hand will instruct you in fear-inspiring things.13 - ¶ Your arrows are sharp—under you peoples keep falling14—
In the heart of the enemies of the king.15 - ¶ God is your throne[e] to time indefinite, even forever;16
The scepter of your kingship is a scepter of uprightness.17 - ¶ You have loved righteousness18 and you hate wickedness.19
That is why God, your God,20 has anointed21 you[f] with the oil of exultation22 more than your partners.23 - ¶ All your garments are myrrh and aloeswood [and] cassia;24
Out from the grand ivory25 palace[g] stringed instruments themselves have made you rejoice. - ¶ The daughters26 of kings are among your precious women.[h]
The queenly consort27 has taken her stand at your right hand in gold of Oʹphir.28 - ¶ Listen, O daughter, and see, and incline your ear;
And forget your people and your father’s house.29 - ¶ And the king will long for your prettiness,30
For he is your lord,[i]31
So bow down to him.32 - ¶ The daughter of Tyre also with a gift33—
The rich ones of the people will soften your[j] own face.34 - ¶ The king’s daughter is all glorious within [the house];35
Her clothing is with settings of gold. - ¶ In woven apparel she will be brought to the king.36
The virgins in her train as her companions are being brought in to you.37 - ¶ They will be brought with rejoicing and joyfulness;
They will enter into the palace of the king. - ¶ In place of your[k] forefathers38 there will come to be your sons,39
Whom you will appoint as princes[l] in all the earth.40 - ¶ I will make mention of your[m] name throughout all generations to come.41
That is why peoples themselves will laud you to time indefinite, even forever.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or, “mankind.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
- ^ “God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
- ^ “Your,” TLXXSyVg; M omits.
- ^ “O mighty one,” M(Heb., gib·bohrʹ)TLXXSy; Lat., po·ten·tisʹsi·me, “O most powerful one.”
- ^ Or, “Your throne is of God; Your throne of God is.”
- ^ “Has anointed you.” Heb., mesha·chakhaʹ. From this verb comes ma·shiʹach, “messiah.”
- ^ Lit., “out from the ivory palaces (habitations; dwellings; temples).” Heb., min-hehʹkheleh shen, pl. to denote grandeur. Compare Mt 23:16 ftn.
- ^ Or, “in your precious things.”
- ^ “Your lord.” Heb., ʼadho·naʹyikh, pl. of ʼa·dhohnʹ, to denote excellence. See Ge 39:2 ftn.
- ^ “Your,” fem., referring to the daughter in vs 10.
- ^ “Your,” masc., referring to the “king.”
- ^ “As princes.” Heb., lesa·rimʹ; Gr., arʹkhon·tas; Lat., prinʹci·pes.
- ^ See vs 16 ftn, “Your.”
REFERENCES
- ^ Ps 49:3
- ^ Ps 2:6; 1Pe 1:11
- ^ 2Sa 23:2; Is 8:1; Je 8:8
- ^ Ezr 7:6
- ^ Sg 5:10
- ^ Jn 7:46
- ^ Ps 72:17
- ^ Re 1:16; 19:15
- ^ Is 9:6
- ^ Heb 1:3
- ^ Re 6:2
- ^ Re 19:11
- ^ Re 6:15
- ^ Ps 2:9; 2Th 1:8
- ^ Re 17:14; 19:19
- ^ Ps 89:29, 36
- ^ Is 11:4; Je 33:15; Heb 1:8
- ^ Mt 3:15; Heb 7:26
- ^ Mt 7:23; Heb 1:9
- ^ Jn 20:17
- ^ Is 61:1; Ac 4:27; 10:38
- ^ Ps 21:6
- ^ 1Ch 29:23; 2Ch 13:5, 8; Mt 1:6
- ^ Sg 1:3; 4:14
- ^ 1Ki 22:39
- ^ Is 60:4
- ^ Re 19:7
- ^ Is 13:12
- ^ Sg 2:10; Re 14:4
- ^ Sg 1:8; 2:2
- ^ Eph 5:23; Jd 4
- ^ 1Ki 1:16; Pp 2:10
- ^ 2Sa 5:11
- ^ Ps 72:10; Is 49:23
- ^ Re 19:7
- ^ Re 19:8; 21:2
- ^ Sg 2:7; 5:9; 6:1
- ^ Mt 1:1
- ^ Is 9:6
- ^ Is 32:1
- ^ Ps 72:17
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