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Psalms 45:1 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 45:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 45:18 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֣חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שֹׁ֭שַׁנִּיםšōšaniym
ShoshannimnounH7799
Shoshannim
לִ/בְנֵיlibənēy
of the sons ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
קֹ֑רַחqōraḥ
KorahnounH7141
מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗ילmaśəkiyl
a poemnounH4905
שִׁ֣ירšiyr
a song ofnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
יְדִידֹֽתyədiydōt
lovenounH3039
beloved · loves
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 45:1

1. This Psalm, even as we ourselves have been singing with gladness together with you, we would beg you in like manner to consider with attention together with us. For it is sung of the sacred Marriage-feast; of the Bridegroom and the Bride; of the King and His people; of the Saviour and those who are to be saved....His sons are we, in that we are the “children of the Bridegroom;” and it is to us that this Psalm is addressed, whose title has the words, “For the sons of Korah,…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 45 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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