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World English Bible

Psalm 45 (WEBP)

[1] My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
[2] You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
[3] Strap your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and your majesty.
[4] In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
[5] Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.
[6] Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
[7] You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
[8] All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
[9] Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
[10] Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.
[11] So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.
[12] The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.
[13] The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
[14] She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
[15] With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king’s palace.
[16] Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth.
[17] I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 45 (KJVS)

[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] Thine arrows are sharp () in the heart of the king’s enemies; () Whereby the people fall () under thee.
[6] Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
[7] Thou lovest () righteousness, and hatest () wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed () thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
[8] All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, Out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. ()
[9] Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: Upon thy right hand did stand () the queen in gold of Ophir.
[10] Hearken, () O daughter, and consider, () and incline () thine ear; Forget () also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
[11] So shall the king greatly desire () thy beauty: For he is thy Lord; and worship () thou him.
[12] And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; Even the rich among the people shall intreat () thy favour.
[13] The king’s daughter is all glorious within: Her clothing is of wrought gold.
[14] She shall be brought () unto the king in raiment of needlework: The virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought () unto thee.
[15] With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: () They shall enter () into the king’s palace.
[16] Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou mayest make () princes in all the earth.
[17] I will make thy name to be remembered () in all generations: Therefore shall the people praise () thee for ever and ever.

Psalm 45:1 Heb. boileth or bublleth up
Psalm 45:4 Heb. prosper thou, ride thou
Psalm 45:12 Heb. thy face

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 45 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος, () ὑπὲρ () τῶν () ἀλλοιωθησομένων· τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Κορε () εἰς () σύνεσιν· () ᾠδὴ () ὑπὲρ () τοῦ () ἀγαπητοῦ. () Ἐξηρεύξατο ἡ () καρδία () μου () λόγον () ἀγαθόν, () λέγω () ἐγὼ () τὰ () ἔργα () μου () τῷ () βασιλεῖ, () ἡ () γλῶσσά () μου () κάλαμος () γραμματέως () ὀξυγράφου.
[2] Ὡραῖος () κάλλει παρὰ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων, () ἐξεχύθη () χάρις () ἐν () χείλεσίν () σου· () διὰ () τοῦτο () εὐλόγησέν () σε () ὁ () θεὸς () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. ()
[3] Περίζωσαι () τὴν () ῥομφαίαν () σου () ἐπὶ () τὸν () μηρόν () σου, () δυνατέ, () τῇ () ὡραιότητί σου () καὶ () τῷ () κάλλει σου ()
[4] καὶ () ἔντεινον καὶ () κατευοδοῦ καὶ () βασίλευε () ἕνεκεν () ἀληθείας () καὶ () πραύτητος καὶ () δικαιοσύνης, () καὶ () ὁδηγήσει () σε () θαυμαστῶς ἡ () δεξιά () σου. ()
[5] Τὰ () βέλη () σου () ἠκονημένα, δυνατέ, ()—λαοὶ () ὑποκάτω () σου () πεσοῦνται ()—ἐν () καρδίᾳ () τῶν () ἐχθρῶν () τοῦ () βασιλέως. ()
[6] Ὁ () θρόνος () σου, () ὁ () θεός, () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () τοῦ () αἰῶνος, () ῥάβδος () εὐθύτητος () ἡ () ῥάβδος () τῆς () βασιλείας () σου. ()
[7] Ἠγάπησας () δικαιοσύνην () καὶ () ἐμίσησας () ἀνομίαν· () διὰ () τοῦτο () ἔχρισέν () σε () ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () θεός () σου () ἔλαιον () ἀγαλλιάσεως () παρὰ () τοὺς () μετόχους () σου. ()
[8] Σμύρνα () καὶ () στακτὴ καὶ () κασία ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἱματίων () σου () ἀπὸ () βάρεων ἐλεφαντίνων, () ἐξ () ὧν () ηὔφρανάν () σε. ()
[9] Θυγατέρες () βασιλέων () ἐν () τῇ () τιμῇ () σου· () παρέστη () ἡ () βασίλισσα () ἐκ () δεξιῶν () σου () ἐν () ἱματισμῷ () διαχρύσῳ περιβεβλημένη () πεποικιλμένη.
[10] Ἄκουσον, () θύγατερ, () καὶ () ἰδὲ () καὶ () κλῖνον () τὸ () οὖς () σου () καὶ () ἐπιλάθου () τοῦ () λαοῦ () σου () καὶ () τοῦ () οἴκου () τοῦ () πατρός () σου, ()
[11] ὅτι () ἐπεθύμησεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τοῦ () κάλλους σου, () ὅτι () αὐτός () ἐστιν () ὁ () κύριός () σου. ()
[12] Καὶ () προσκυνήσουσιν () αὐτῷ () θυγατέρες () Τύρου () ἐν () δώροις, () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () σου () λιτανεύσουσιν οἱ () πλούσιοι () τοῦ () λαοῦ. ()
[13] Πᾶσα () ἡ () δόξα () αὐτῆς () θυγατρὸς () βασιλέως () ἔσωθεν () ἐν () κροσσωτοῖς χρυσοῖς () περιβεβλημένη () πεποικιλμένη.
[14] Ἀπενεχθήσονται () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () παρθένοι () ὀπίσω () αὐτῆς, () αἱ () πλησίον () αὐτῆς () ἀπενεχθήσονταί () σοι· ()
[15] ἀπενεχθήσονται () ἐν () εὐφροσύνῃ () καὶ () ἀγαλλιάσει, () ἀχθήσονται () εἰς () ναὸν () βασιλέως. ()
[16] Ἀντὶ () τῶν () πατέρων () σου () ἐγενήθησάν () σοι () υἱοί· () καταστήσεις () αὐτοὺς () ἄρχοντας () ἐπὶ () πᾶσαν () τὴν () γῆν. ()
[17] Μνησθήσονται τοῦ () ὀνόματός () σου () ἐν () πάσῃ () γενεᾷ () καὶ () γενεᾷ· () διὰ () τοῦτο () λαοὶ () ἐξομολογήσονταί () σοι () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () τοῦ () αἰῶνος. ()

Psalm 45:1 Originally verses 44:1–2.
Psalm 45:2 Originally verse 44:3.
Psalm 45:3 Originally verse 44:4.
Psalm 45:4 Originally verse 44:5.
Psalm 45:5 Originally verse 44:6.
Psalm 45:6 Originally verse 44:7.
Psalm 45:7 Originally verse 44:8.
Psalm 45:8 Originally verse 44:9.
Psalm 45:9 Originally verse 44:10.
Psalm 45:10 Originally verse 44:11.
Psalm 45:11 Originally verse 44:12.
Psalm 45:12 Originally verse 44:13.
Psalm 45:13 Originally verse 44:14.
Psalm 45:14 Originally verse 44:15.
Psalm 45:15 Originally verse 44:16.
Psalm 45:16 Originally verse 44:17.
Psalm 45:17 Originally verse 44:18.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.