Psalms 45:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves. 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־שֹׁ֭שַׁנִּים לִבְנֵי־קֹ֑רַח מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל שִׁ֣יר יְדִידֹֽת׃

Transliteration

To the mənaṣṣēaḥ upon šōšannîm for bənê-qōraḥ maśkîl šîr of yədîdōt

Grammar Details

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: Piel participle, masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - 'to the director/choirmaster'
• *šōšannîm*: Masculine plural noun with prefixed preposition 'al - 'upon/concerning lilies/six-petaled flowers'
• *bənê*: Construct state of 'sons' with prefixed preposition lamed - 'for the sons of'
• *qōraḥ*: Proper name - 'Korah'
• *maśkîl*: Hiphil participle, masculine singular - 'contemplative/instructive/skillful composition'
• *šîr*: Masculine singular noun in construct - 'song of'
• *yədîdōt*: Feminine plural noun - 'loves/beloved ones/love songs'

Word Meanings

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: choirmaster/director/chief musician
• *šōšannîm*: lilies/six-petaled flowers/musical instrument/musical tune/melody
• *maśkîl*: contemplative poem/skillful composition/instructive psalm
• *yədîdōt*: loves/love songs/beloved ones/marriage songs

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 23:2 : 2 The Spirit of Jehovah spake by me, And his word was upon my tongue.
• Ezra 7:6 : 6 this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.
• Job 33:3 : 3 My words [shall utter] the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
• Ps 49:3 : 3 My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
• Song 1:12 : 12 While the king sat at his table, My spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
• Isa 5:1 : 1 Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
• Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice. 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
• Matt 12:35 : 35 The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Matt 27:37 : 37 And they set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
• Eph 5:32 : 32 This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.
• 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 For no prophecy ever came {G4218} by the will of man: but {G40} men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
• Ps 69:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.
• Job 34:4 : 4 Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.
• Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
• Ps 24:7-9 : 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in. 8 Who is the King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, He is the King of glory. {H5542}
• Job 32:18-20 : 18 For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst. 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
• Prov 8:6-9 : 6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7 For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them. 9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.
• Prov 16:23 : 23 The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.
• Song 1:1-7 : 1 The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine. 3 Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is [as] oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee. 4 Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee. 5 I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon. 6 Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother's sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [thy flock], Where thou makest [it] to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?
• Ps 80:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth.
• Ps 110:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.