English Standard Version
Psalms 45:5
5Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King’s enemies; The peoples fall under You.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Your arrows are sharp, piercing your enemies’ hearts. The nations fall beneath your feet.
Context of Psalms 45:5
3Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and majesty! 4In your majesty ride out victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; let your right hand teach you awesome deeds! Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you. 6Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness; 7you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Read all of Psalms 45Psalms 45:5 word by word
חִצֶּ֗יךָ שְׁנ֫וּנִ֥ים עַ֭מִּים תַּחְתֶּ֣יךָ יִפְּל֑וּ בְּ֝לֵ֗ב אוֹיְבֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 45:5
- Psalms 21:12For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.
- Psalms 38:2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
- Numbers 24:8God brings him out of Egypt and is for him like the horns of the wild ox; he shall eat up the nations, his adversaries, and shall break their bones in pieces and pierce them through with his arrows.
- Zechariah 9:13For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and wield you like a warrior's sword.
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Luke 19:42saying, "Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
- Luke 20:18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."
- Acts 2:37Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"
- Acts 5:33When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.
- Acts 7:54Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him.
- Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
- Psalms 66:3Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.
- Acts 4:4But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
- Acts 5:14And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,
- Acts 6:7And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
- Romans 15:18For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring 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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