Psalm 45:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ My heart overflows with a goodly theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ MY HEART overflows with a goodly theme; I address my psalm to a King. My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Common English Bible

¹ A marvelous word has stirred my heart as I mention my works to the king. My tongue is the pen of a skillful scribe.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, for confidants. A Psalm.

Psalm 45:1 Cross References

Psalm 49:3

My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.

Job 33:3

My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.

2 Samuel 23:2

The spirit of the Lord speaks through me; his word is upon my tongue.

Proverbs 16:23

The mind of the wise makes their speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to their lips.

2 Peter 1:21

because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

Isaiah 5:1

I will sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Psalm 69:1

Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.

Job 34:4

Let us choose what is right; let us determine among ourselves what is good.

Ephesians 5:32

This is a great mystery, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

Matthew 27:37

Over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”

Song of Solomon 1:12

While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.

Psalm 2:6

“I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.”

Ezra 7:6

this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses that the Lord the God of Israel had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.

Matthew 25:34

Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,

Matthew 12:35

The good person brings good things out of a good treasure, and the evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure.

Psalm 80:1

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth

Psalm 42:1

As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.