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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Psalms 45:5

Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king's foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Arrow;   Jesus Continued;   Solomon;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Arrows;   Commendation-Reproof;   God;   God's;   Reproof;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Arrows;   Christ, the King;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ivory;   Psalms, the Book of;   Shushan;   Solomon's Song;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Holy Spirit;   Korah, Korahites;   Messiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Psalms;   Sin;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Arrows;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shoshannim;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Jesus christ;   Korah;   Messiah;   Psalms the book of;   Solomon the song of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Arrow;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amulet;   ḲonṬres;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Your sharpened arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies;the peoples fall under you.
Hebrew Names Version
Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies.
King James Version
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
English Standard Version
Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you.
New Century Version
Your sharp arrows will enter the hearts of the king's enemies. Nations will be defeated before you.
New English Translation
Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. Nations fall at your feet.
Amplified Bible
Your arrows are sharp; The peoples (nations) fall under You; Your arrows pierce the hearts of the King's enemies.
New American Standard Bible
Your arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under You; Your arrows are in the heart of the King's enemies.
World English Bible
Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thine arrowes are sharpe to pearce the heart of the Kings enemies: therefore the people shall fall vnder thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
Your arrows are sharp;The peoples fall under You;Your arrows are in the heart of the King's enemies.
Contemporary English Version
Send your sharp arrows through enemy hearts and make all nations fall at your feet.
Complete Jewish Bible
In your majesty, succeed, ride on in the cause of truth, meekness and righteousness. May your right hand teach you awesome things.
Darby Translation
Thine arrows are sharp—peoples fall under thee—in the heart of the king's enemies.
Easy-to-Read Version
Your sharp arrows will go deep into the hearts of your enemies, who will fall to the ground in front of you.
George Lamsa Translation
Your arrows are sharp; let them pierce the heart of the kings enemies, and let the people fall under you.
Good News Translation
Your arrows are sharp, they pierce the hearts of your enemies; nations fall down at your feet.
Lexham English Bible
Your arrows are sharp; peoples fall under you in the midst of the king's enemies.
Literal Translation
Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies; peoples fall under You.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Good lucke haue thou with thine honoure, ryde on with the treuth, mekenesse & rightuousnes: & thy right hode shal teach ye woderfull thinges.
American Standard Version
Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; They are in the heart of the king's enemies.
Bible in Basic English
Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's haters; because of them the peoples are falling under you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And in thy majesty prosper, ride on, in behalf of truth and meekness and righteousness;
King James Version (1611)
Thine arrowes are sharpe in the heart of the Kings enemies; whereby the people fall vnder thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thyne arrowes are sharpe: a people the kynges enemies shall submit in heart them selues vnto thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under thee) they are in the heart of the king’s enemies.
English Revised Version
Thine arrows are sharp; the peoples fall under thee; they are in the heart of the king's enemies.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thi scharpe arowis schulen falle in to the hertis of the enemyes of the kyng; puplis schulen be vndur thee.
Update Bible Version
Your arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under you; [They are] in the heart of the king's enemies.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thy arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; [by which] the people fall under thee.
New King James Version
Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies; The peoples fall under You.
New Living Translation
Your arrows are sharp, piercing your enemies' hearts. The nations fall beneath your feet.
New Life Bible
Your arrows are sharp. The people fall under You. Your arrows are in the heart of those who hate the King.
New Revised Standard
Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thine arrows, are sharp - Peoples, under thee, fall! In the heart of the foes of the king.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(44-6) Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, into the hearts of the king’s enemies.
Revised Standard Version
Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you.
Young's Literal Translation
Thine arrows [are] sharp, -- Peoples fall under Thee -- In the heart of the enemies of the king.
THE MESSAGE
class="psalm-title"> A Wedding Song of the Sons of Korah My heart bursts its banks, spilling beauty and goodness. I pour it out in a poem to the king, shaping the river into words: "You're the handsomest of men; every word from your lips is sheer grace, and God has blessed you, blessed you so much. Strap your sword to your side, warrior! Accept praise! Accept due honor! Ride majestically! Ride triumphantly! Ride on the side of truth! Ride for the righteous meek! "Your instructions are glow-in-the-dark; you shoot sharp arrows Into enemy hearts; the king's foes lie down in the dust, beaten.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Your arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under You; Your arrows are in the heart of the King's enemies.

Contextual Overview

1For the choirmaster. To the tune of "The Lilies." A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song. My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer. 2You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever. 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. 5Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king's foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thine: Psalms 21:12, Psalms 38:2, Numbers 24:8, Zechariah 9:13, Zechariah 9:14

sharp: Psalms 2:1-9, Luke 19:42-44, Luke 20:18, Luke 20:19, Acts 2:37, Acts 2:41, Acts 5:33, Acts 7:54

people: Psalms 22:27, Psalms 66:3, Psalms 66:4, Acts 4:4, Acts 5:14, Acts 6:7, Romans 15:18, Romans 15:19

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:42 - make mine 2 Samuel 18:14 - thrust them 2 Samuel 22:15 - arrows Job 6:4 - the arrows Psalms 7:13 - ordaineth Psalms 110:2 - rule Psalms 110:5 - strike Psalms 144:6 - shoot out Isaiah 5:28 - arrows Isaiah 49:2 - made me Jeremiah 50:25 - opened

Cross-References

Genesis 45:1
Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, "Send everyone away from me!" So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
Genesis 45:2
But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians and Pharaoh's household heard him.
Genesis 45:7
God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:8
Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh-lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 45:9
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
Genesis 45:10
You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me-you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
Genesis 45:12
Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that it is I, Joseph, who am speaking with you.
Genesis 45:15
Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.
Genesis 45:16
When the news reached Pharaoh's house that Joseph's brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
Genesis 45:17
Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies,.... Meaning either the Jews, who were the implacable enemies of Christ, and who would not have him to reign over them; in the midst of whom were sent his arrows, of the sword, famine, and pestilence, and which were very sharp, and made sad havoc among them, and caused such a time of tribulation as was not before, or has been since, Matthew 24:21; or else the doctrines of the Gospel. The Scriptures are the quiver out of which they are taken; the Gospel is the bow into which they are put, and out of which they are shot; and ministers are the archers that draw the bow at a venture, and shoot them; and which are compared to "arrows" for their swift, sudden, and secret motion, and for their piercing and penetrating power and efficacy: and these are Christ's, which he is the author of, and which he makes use of to good purpose, by striking the hearts of his people with them, who in their state of unregeneracy are enemies to him; which appears by their wicked works, and as they were when he died for them, and reconciled them to God; by means of which arrows fixed in them, and with which their hearts are pricked and wounded, they submit unto him, signified by the next clause:

[whereby] the people fall under thee: acknowledge themselves sinners; fall down at his feet; humbly implore his grace and mercy; submit to his righteousness; depend on him alone for salvation; adore him, and give him the glory of it, as well as become subject to his laws and ordinances. This is to be understood of those who are God's covenant people, whom he has given to Christ, and he has redeemed by his blood; and particularly the Gentiles, who were not a people, but now openly are, in distinction from the Jews, the enemies of the King Messiah.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thine 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 “sharp” is applied to the arrows as denoting that they were adapted to “pierce.” Sometimes arrows are blunted, or with a thick head, rather adapted to smite with force than to wound by penetrating. The bow and the arrow were common instruments in ancient wars, and were mainly used by those who went forth to battle in a chariot. Compare 1 Kings 22:34; 2 Kings 9:21-24. As pertaining to the Messiah, the reference here is, of course, to the “truth,” and to the power of that truth in penetrating the hearts of people. Compare the notes at Hebrews 4:12.

In the heart of the king’s enemies - That is, the “truths” stated by the Messiah, the conquering king, would penetrate deep into the soul, and slay the sinner, the enemy of the king, that is, of the Messiah. The idea is, that truth would produce an effect in regard to the hopes of the sinner - his self-confidence - his life “as” a sinner - like that which the arrow does when it penetrates the heart. Compare Romans 7:9 : “For I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.” See also the notes at Romans 7:10-11.

Whereby the people fall under thee - As the effect of the arrows; as the effect of truth. The representation is that of victory. As here represented, it is the victory of truth; a conquest by subjecting people to the authority and reign of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 45:5. Thine 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!


 
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