Psalms 45:9

Psalms 45:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
• New International Version (NIV)Daughters of kings are among your honored women; at your right hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir.
• English Standard Version (ESV)daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Kings’ daughters are among Your honorable women; At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

Context of Psalms 45:9

7You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions. 8All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy. Princesses are among your honored guests, your bride stands at your right hand, wearing jewelry made with gold from Ophir. 10Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family! 11Then the king will be attracted by your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit to him!

Psalms 45:9 word by word

בְּנ֣וֹת מְ֭לָכִים בְּיִקְּרוֹתֶ֑יךָ נִצְּבָ֥ה שֵׁגַ֥ל לִֽ֝ימִינְךָ֗ בְּכֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Kings’מֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• among thy honourable womenיָקָרyâqâr · preciousH3368
• upon thy right handיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• did standנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• the queenשֵׁגָלshêgâl · queenH7694
• in goldכֶּ֫תֶםkethem · goldH3800
• of Ophirאוֹפִיר'ôphîyr 'ôphîyr 'ôphir · OphirH211

Cross-references for Psalms 45:9

• Psalms 45:12Rich people from Tyre will seek your favor by bringing a gift.
• Psalms 72:10The kings of Tarshish and the coastlands will offer gifts; the kings of Sheba and Seba will bring tribute.
• Isaiah 49:23Kings will be your children’s guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the Lord; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.
• Isaiah 60:10Foreigners will rebuild your walls; their kings will serve you. Even though I struck you down in my anger, I will restore my favor and have compassion on you.
• Revelation 21:24The nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur into it.
• 1 Kings 2:9But now don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; make sure he has a bloody death.”
• John 3:29The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.
• Ephesians 5:26to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,
• Revelation 19:7Let us rejoice and exult and give him glory, because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
• Revelation 21:2And I saw the holy city – the new Jerusalem – descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.
• 1 Kings 10:11(Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.
• Job 22:24and throw your gold in the dust – your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines –

Commentaries on Psalms 45:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Kings' daughters were among - Applied to Solomon, these words have no difficulty. We know he had seven hundred wives, princesses; and the mention of those here may be intended only to show how highly respected he was among the neighboring sovereigns, when they cheerfully gave him their daughters to constitute his harem. If we apply it to Solomon's marriage with the daughter of the king of Egypt, it may signify no more than the princesses and ladies of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Kings‘ daughters were among thy honorable women - Those who were in attendance on him and on the bride were from the most elevated ranks; among the most honorable of the earth. The word rendered “honorable women,” means properly, precious, costly; and then, dear, beloved; and this might be rendered “kings‘ daughters are among thy beloved ones;” that is, in the number of thy maidens, or of those attending on thee. The allusion is to a marriage, and the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 The throne of this almighty King is established for ever. While the Holy Spirit leads Christ's people to look to his cross, he teaches them to see the evil of sin and the beauty of holiness; so that none of them can feel encouragement to continue in sin. The Mediator is God, else he had been neither able to do the Mediator's work, nor fit to wear the Mediator's crown. God the Father, as his God in respect to his human nature and mediatorial…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Royal marriages often confirmed diplomatic alliances between kings, and the women became part of the royal harem (see 1 Kings 11:1–3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. In completion of this picture of a marriage festival, female attendants or bridesmaids of the highest rank attend Him, while the queen, in rich apparel (Psa 45:13), stands ready for the nuptial procession.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