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Psalms 45:3

Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus Continued;   Solomon;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - God's;   Majesty, God's;   Sword of the Lord;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ Is God;   Christ, the King;   Kings;   Sword, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ivory;   Psalms, the Book of;   Shushan;   Solomon's Song;   Thigh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Arms;   Nail;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Thigh;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Korah, Korahites;   Messiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Psalms;   Sin;   Solomon;   Thigh;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Eternity;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shoshannim;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Armor;   Arms;   God;   Jesus christ;   Korah;   Messiah;   Psalms the book of;   Solomon the song of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Arms, Armor;   Girdle,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Ird;   Sword;   Thigh;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - God, Names of;   Marriage;   Thigh;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aquila (Βλώμβσ);   Beautiful, the, in Jewish Literature;   Targum;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Mighty warrior, strap your sword at your side.In your majesty and splendor—
Hebrew Names Version
Gird your sword on your thigh, mighty one, Your splendor and your majesty.
King James Version
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
English Standard Version
Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and majesty!
New Century Version
Put on your sword, powerful warrior. Show your glory and majesty.
New English Translation
Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor!
Amplified Bible
Strap Your sword on Your thigh, O mighty One, In Your splendor and Your majesty!
New American Standard Bible
Strap Your sword on Your thigh, Mighty One, In Your splendor and majesty!
World English Bible
Gird your sword on your thigh, mighty one, Your splendor and your majesty.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Gird thy sword vpon thy thigh, O most mightie, to wit, thy worship and thy glory,
Legacy Standard Bible
Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One,In Your splendor and Your majesty!
Berean Standard Bible
Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
Contemporary English Version
Mighty king, glorious ruler, strap on your sword
Complete Jewish Bible
You are the most handsome of men; gracious speech flows from your lips. For God has blessed you forever.
Darby Translation
Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O mighty one, [in] thy majesty and thy splendour;
Easy-to-Read Version
Put on your sword, mighty warrior, so impressive in your splendid uniform.
George Lamsa Translation
Gird your sword upon your thigh, O most mighty, with your glory and your majesty.
Good News Translation
Buckle on your sword, mighty king; you are glorious and majestic.
Lexham English Bible
Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and your majesty.
Literal Translation
Gird Your sword on Your thigh, Mighty One; with Your glory and Your majesty.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou art the fayrest amonge the children of me, full of grace are thy lippes, therfore God blesseth the for euer.
American Standard Version
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured upon thy lips;
King James Version (1611)
Gird thy sword vpon thy thigh, O most mightie: with thy glory and thy maiestie.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Girde thee with thy sworde vpon thy thygh O thou most mightie: [that is] with thy glorie and thy maiestie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty;
English Revised Version
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Be thou gird with thi swerd; on thi hipe most myytili.
Update Bible Version
Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, Your glory and your majesty.
Webster's Bible Translation
Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
New King James Version
Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, With Your glory and Your majesty.
New Living Translation
Put on your sword, O mighty warrior! You are so glorious, so majestic!
New Life Bible
Put Your sword on at Your side, O Powerful One, in Your greatness and power that can be seen.
New Revised Standard
Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your glory and majesty.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, ‘Tis thine honour and thy majesty;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(44-4) Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most mighty.
Revised Standard Version
Gird your sword upon your thigh, O mighty one, in your glory and majesty!
Young's Literal Translation
Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One, In Your splendor and Your majesty!

Contextual Overview

1 My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever. 3 Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power. 4 And go nobly on in your power, because you are good and true and without pride; and your right hand will be teaching you things of fear. 5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's haters; because of them the peoples are falling under you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gird: Isaiah 49:2, Isaiah 63:1-6, Hebrews 4:12, Revelation 1:16, Revelation 19:15, Revelation 19:21

O most: Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:7, Acts 10:36, Romans 14:9

glory: Psalms 21:5, Psalms 96:6, Psalms 104:1, Psalms 145:5, Psalms 145:12, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 8:1, Jude 1:25

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:14 - armed Exodus 15:3 - a man Deuteronomy 33:29 - the sword Judges 3:16 - upon 2 Samuel 3:1 - between 1 Chronicles 29:11 - majesty Esther 1:4 - excellent Job 40:10 - majesty Psalms 18:35 - right Psalms 24:8 - The Lord strong Psalms 98:1 - his right Song of Solomon 3:8 - all Isaiah 27:1 - with his Jeremiah 50:25 - opened Micah 5:4 - in the majesty Zechariah 1:8 - behold Zechariah 6:13 - bear Zechariah 9:13 - made Zechariah 9:14 - his Zechariah 10:5 - as John 18:36 - My kingdom is 1 Corinthians 15:25 - General Revelation 6:2 - and he that Revelation 19:11 - and in

Cross-References

Genesis 45:26
And they said to him, Joseph is living, and is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And at this word Jacob was quite overcome, for he had no faith in it.
Genesis 45:27
And they gave him an account of everything Joseph had said to them; and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent for them, his spirit came back to him:
Job 4:5
But now it has come on you and it is a weariness to you; you are touched by it and your mind is troubled.
Job 23:15
For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.
Zechariah 12:10
And I will send down on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of prayer; and their eyes will be turned to the one who was wounded by their hands: and they will be weeping for him as for an only son, and their grief for him will be bitter, like the grief of one sorrowing for his oldest son.
Mark 6:50
For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.
Luke 5:8
But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.
Acts 9:5
And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking:
Revelation 1:7
See, he comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those by whom he was wounded; and all the tribes of the earth will be sorrowing because of him. Yes, so be it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty,.... As Christ is, the mighty God, even the Almighty, and which appears by his works of creation and providence; by the redemption of his people; by his care and government of them; by succouring them under all their temptations and afflictions; by strengthening them for every service, duty, and suffering; by pleading their cause, and supplying their wants; by preserving them to his kingdom and glory; by raising them from the dead at the last day, and by introducing them into the possession of the heavenly inheritance. This mighty One is called upon to "gird [on his] sword": by which is meant either the sword of the Spirit, the word of God; which is sharp in convincing of sin, reproving for it, and threatening on account of it, as well as in refuting error and heresy; and a twoedged one, consisting of law and Gospel, and which Christ made use of to great purpose, against Satan in the wilderness, and against the Scribes and Pharisees; and which he will make further use of in the latter day, against the man of sin, and his followers: or else the power of Christ, which, as the Leader and Commander of his people, and the Captain of their salvation, is called upon to exert, by preparing to engage with, and by destroying his and their enemies; and which he did put forth when the year of the redeemed was come, which was the day of vengeance in his heart; when he combated with and destroyed Satan, and spoiled his principalities and powers; when he abolished death itself, and took away sin the sting of it, and the law, the strength of sin; overcame the world, and delivered his people from it, and out of the hand of every enemy. It is added,

with thy glory and thy majesty; which may be connected either with the phrase "and most mighty", and so be expressive of the glory and majesty of Christ, as the mighty God; or with his sword, as an emblem of his authority and majesty as a King, and may denote the glory of his Gospel and of his power; or may point at the end of his girding his sword upon his thigh, which was to show forth the glory of his majesty, or to obtain honour and glory: though the word "gird" may be supplied and repeated, and so make a distinct proposition, "gird with thy glory and thy majesty"; which was done when he was raised from the dead, and had glory given him; was crowned with it, and had the glory put upon him he had with his Father before the world was.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh - That is, Arm or prepare thyself for battle and conquest. The Messiah is introduced here as a conquering king; as about to go forward to subdue the nations to himself; as about to set up a permanent kingdom.

O most mighty - That is, Hero; Warrior; Conqueror.

With thy glory and thy majesty - With the glory and majesty appropriate to thee; or which properly belong to thee. This is at the same time the expression of a wish on the part of the author of the psalm, and a prophetic description. The psalmist desired that he would thus go forth to the conquest of the world; and saw that he would do it. Compare Psalms 45:5-6. It is needless to remark that this is easily and naturally applicable to the Messiah - the Lord Jesus - as going forth for the subjugation of the world to the authority of God. Compare 1 Corinthians 15:25, 1 Corinthians 15:28. See also, in reference to the figure used here, Isaiah 49:2; Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 19:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 45:3. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty — This clause should be translated, O hero, gird thy sword upon thy thigh! This, I think, cannot be spoken of Solomon. He was not a warlike prince: he never did any feats of arms. It has been said he would have been a warrior, if he had had enemies; it might have been so: but the words more properly apply to Christ, who is King of kings, and Lord of lords; whose sword with two edges, proceeding from his mouth, cuts all his adversaries to pieces.

With thy glory and thy majesty. — Be as war-like as thou art glorious and majestic. Solomon's court was splendid, and his person was majestic. These words may be well said of him. But the majesty and glory of Christ are above all: he is higher than all the kings of the earth; and has a name above every name; and at it every knee shall bend, and every tongue confess.


 
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