Psalms 45 · Verse 9

Psalms 45:9

Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Psalms 45:9, King James Version

Psalms 45:9 in other translations

BSBThe daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
WEBKings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
ASVKings’ daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
YLTDaughters of kings are among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.
DARBYKings' daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
BBEKings' daughters are among your noble women: on your right is the queen in gold of Ophir.
WebsterKings daughters were among thy honorable women: upon thy right hand stood the queen in gold of Ophir.

What does Psalms 45:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. In completion of this picture of a marriage festival, female attendants or bridesmaids of the highest rank attend Him, while the queen, in rich apparel (Psa 45:13), stands ready for the nuptial procession.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Kings' daughters were among - Applied to Solomon, these words have no difficulty. We know he had seven hundred wives, princesses; and the mention of those here may be intended only to show how highly respected he was among the neighboring sovereigns, when they cheerfully gave him their daughters to constitute his harem. If we apply it to Solomon's marriage with the daughter of the king of Egypt, it may signify no more than the princesses and ladies of honor who accompanied her to the Israelitish court. Applied to Christ, it may signify that the Gospel, though preached particularly to the poor, became also the means of salvation to many of the kings, queens, and nobles, of the earth. The Chaldee interprets the queen standing at his right hand, by the law; and the honorable women, by the different regions and countries coming to receive that law from his right hand. Perhaps by kings' daughters may be meant different regions and countries, which are represented as constituting the families of potentates. Whole nations shall be converted to the Christian faith; and the queen - the Christian Church, shall be most elegantly adorned with all the graces and good works which at once constitute and adorn the Christian character.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 45:6-9

The throne of this almighty King is established for ever. While the Holy Spirit leads Christ's people to look to his cross, he teaches them to see the evil of sin and the beauty of holiness; so that none of them can feel encouragement to continue in sin. The Mediator is God, else he had been neither able to do the Mediator's work, nor fit to wear the Mediator's crown. God the Father, as his God in respect to his…

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Psalms 45:9 in the original Hebrew

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בְּנ֣וֹתbe.Notdaughters ofH1323
מְ֭לָכִיםMe.la.khimkingsH4428
בְּיִקְּרוֹתֶ֑יךָbe.yi.ke.ro.Tei.cha[are] among noble [women] yourH3368
נִצְּבָ֥הni.tze.Vahshe standsH5324
שֵׁגַ֥לshe.Gala queen-consortH7694
לִֽ֝ימִינְךָ֗li.mi.ne.khato right [hand] yourH3225
בְּכֶ֣תֶםbe.Khe.temin [the] gold ofH3800
אוֹפִֽיר\׃'o.FirOphirH211

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Cross references for Psalms 45:9

  • Revelation 21:9

    And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.

  • 1 Kings 2:19

    Bath–sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

  • Revelation 19:7

    Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

  • Ephesians 5:26-27

    That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

  • Revelation 21:2

    And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

  • John 3:29

    He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

  • Isaiah 60:10-11

    And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

  • Song of Solomon 7:1

    How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

  • Song of Solomon 6:8-9

    There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

  • Psalms 45:13

    The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

  • Job 22:24

    Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

  • Isaiah 49:23

    And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Kings.
13; 72:10; So 6:8,9; 7:1; Isa 49:23; 60:10,11; Re 21:24
upon.
1Ki 2:9,19
queen.
So 4:8-11; Joh 3:29; Eph 5:26,27; Re 19:7; 21:2,9
gold.
1Ki 10:11; Job 22:24

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Context

  • Psalms 45:8

    All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

  • Psalms 45:9

    Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

  • Psalms 45:10

    Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

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Psalms 45:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hijas de reyes entre tus ilustres: está la reina á tu diestra con oro de Ophir.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tous tes vêtements sont myrrhe, aloès, et casse, quand tu sors des palais d’ivoire d’où ils t’ont réjoui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Königstöchter sind unter deinen Herrlichen; die Königin steht zu deiner Rechten in Gold von Ophir.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Venite, et videte opera Domini, quæ posuit prodigia super terram,