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Psalms 45:5
5Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
Psalms 45:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies; let the nations fall beneath your feet.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King’s enemies; The peoples fall under You.
Context of Psalms 45:5
3Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor. 4In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds. Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet. 6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. 7You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
Read all of Psalms 45Psalms 45:5 word by word
חִצֶּ֗יךָ שְׁנ֫וּנִ֥ים עַ֭מִּים תַּחְתֶּ֣יךָ יִפְּל֑וּ בְּ֝לֵ֗ב אוֹיְבֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 45:5
- Psalms 21:12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
- Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
- Numbers 24:8God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
- Zechariah 9:13For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Luke 19:42and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
- Luke 20:18Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
- Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
- Acts 5:33When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
- Acts 7:54On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
- Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
- Acts 4:4But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
- Acts 5:14Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
- Acts 6:7So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.
- Romans 15:18I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
Commentaries on Psalms 45:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Thine arrows are sharp - The arrows here may mean the convictions produced in the hearts of men by the preaching of the Gospel. The King is God himself; his enemies are sinners of all sorts. The people, the Jews, thousands of whom were pricked in their hearts under the preaching of Peter and others. All fall before Christ; those who received the word rose again by repentance and faith; those who did not, fell down-all down!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Thine arrows are sharp in the heart - literally, “Thine arrows are sharp - the people under thee shall fall - in the heart of the enemies of the king.” The process of “thought” in the verse seems to be this: First. The “arrows” are seen as sharp or penetrating. Second. The “people” are seen falling as those arrows are shot forth. Third. It is seen that those who fall are the “enemies of the king,” and that the arrows have pierced the “heart.” The word…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5The psalmist describes the royal splendor the king showed when fighting his enemies.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. The result. people--Whole nations are subdued.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 45
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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