Psalm 45:5 Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king's enemies; let the nations fall beneath your feet.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king's enemies; let the nations fall beneath your feet.

English Standard Version
Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; the peoples fall under you.

New American Standard Bible
Your arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under You; Your arrows are in the heart of the King's enemies.

King James Bible
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you.

International Standard Version
Your arrows are sharpened to penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. People will fall under you.

American Standard Version
Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; They are in the heart of the king's enemies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, into the hearts of the king's enemies.

Darby Bible Translation
Thine arrows are sharp peoples fall under thee in the heart of the king's enemies.

Young's Literal Translation
Thine arrows are sharp, -- Peoples fall under Thee -- In the heart of the enemies of the king.

Cross References

Numbers 24:8
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

Deuteronomy 32:23
I will heap mischiefs on them; I will spend my arrows on them.

2 Samuel 18:14
Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with you. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the middle of the oak.

Psalm 7:13
He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.

Psalm 18:14
Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightning, and discomfited them.

Psalm 92:9
For, see, your enemies, O LORD, for, see, your enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

Psalm 120:4
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Isaiah 5:28
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

Isaiah 7:13
And he said, Hear you now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

45:1-5 The psalmist's tongue was guided by the Spirit of God, as the pen is by the hand of a ready writer. This psalm is touching the King Jesus, his kingdom and government. It is a shame that this good matter is not more the subject of our discourse. There is more in Christ to engage our love, than there is or can be in any creature. This world and its charms are ready to draw away our hearts from Christ; therefore we are concerned to understand how much more worthy he is of our love. By his word, his promise, his gospel, the good will of God is made known to us, and the good work of God is begun and carried on in us. The psalmist, ver. 3-5, joyfully foretells the progress and success of the Messiah. The arrows of conviction are very terrible in the hearts of sinners, till they are humbled and reconciled; but the arrows of vengeance will be more so to his enemies who refuse to submit. All who have seen his glory and tasted his grace, rejoice to see him, by his word and Spirit, bring enemies and strangers under his dominion.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

5. The result.

people—Whole nations are subdued.