Psalms 45:5
With thy comeliness and thy beauty set out, proceed prosperously, and reign. Because of truth and meekness and justice: and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
In Context
4Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most mighty.
6Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, into the hearts of the king's enemies.
Cross References
Numbers 24:8God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros. They shall devour the nations that are his enemies, and break their bones, and pierce them with arrows.
Psalms 21:12For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.
Psalms 38:2Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in thy wrath.
Jeremiah 23:6In those days shall Juda be saved, and Israel shall dwell confidently: and this is the name that they shall call him: the Lord our just one.
Luke 19:42If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace; but now they are hidden from thy eyes.
Acts 2:37Now when they had heard these things, they had compunction in their heart, and said to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles: What shall we do, men and brethren?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 45:2-6
Nuptial Song; Glories of the Messiah. 1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5… Read the whole commentary →