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Psalms 45:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.


Psalms 45:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 45:212 words
HebrewMeaning
רָ֘חַ֤שׁrāḥaš
it is arousedverbH7370
לִבִּ֨/יlibiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
דָּ֘בָ֤רdābār
a wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
ט֗וֹבṭwōb
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
אֹמֵ֣רʾōmēr
am speakingverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אָ֭נִיʾāniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
מַעֲשַׂ֣/יmaʿăśay
work mynounH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
לְ/מֶ֑לֶךְləmelekə
to the kingpronH4428
royal
לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗/יləšwōniy
tongue mynounH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
עֵ֤טʿēṭ
is a stylus ofnounH5842
סוֹפֵ֬רswōpēr
a scribenounH5608
count; declare · number · penknife · reckon ···
מָהִֽירmāhiyr
skilledadjH4106
hasty · ready
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 45:2

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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