Verse List for PSA 45:1

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OET (OET-RV) For the musical director: a song[fn] by Korah’s descendants. A love song to be sung to the tune of ‘Lilies’. ⇔ My heart is stirred with an excellent message. ⇔ I’ll read aloud the words I’ve composed about the king. ⇔ My tongue is like the pen of a skilled secretary.

OET-LV To_choirmaster on Shoshannim of_the _sons _of of _Qoraḩ a _poem a _song _of love(s).
[fn] heart _of_my it _is _aroused a _message good am_speaking I work(s)_of_my to_the_king tongue _of_my is_a _stylus a _scribe skilled.

ULT My heart boils over, with a good matter. ⇔  I am reciting my works to the king. ⇔  My tongue is the stylus of a quick scribe.

UST This is a note for the worship leader: of the Korahites wrote song. is a tune is “Lilies.” ⇔ There is something wonderful that I feel so strongly about that I must sing about it. ⇔  I will sing a song that I have composed in honor of the king. ⇔ As I sing, I will express my ideas in an orderly and complete way, ⇔  just like a scribe who records quickly and accurately what he hears people say.

BSB & MSB For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil[fn] of the sons of Korah. A love song. ⇔ My heart is stirred by a noble theme ⇔  as I recite my verses to the king;[fn] ⇔  my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

OEB For the leader; on shoshannim. Of the Korahites. A maskil. A love song. ⇔ My heart is astir with beautiful words: ⇔  I will sing a song, concerning the king, ⇔ with tongue like the pen of a ready writer.

WEBBE & WMBB My heart overflows with a noble theme. ⇔  I recite my verses for the king. ⇔  My tongue is like the pen of a skilful writer.

NET My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. ⇔ I say, “I have composed this special song for the king; ⇔ my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe.”

LSV TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “LILIES.” AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. A SONG OF LOVES. My heart has stirred a good word,
I am telling my works to the King,
My tongue [is] the pen of a speedy writer.

FBV I am moved to write about this wonderful subject. Let me share what I have written for the king. What I say comes from the pen of a skilled author.

T4T In my inner being I am stirred by a beautiful message ⇔  which will be sung to the king. ⇔  The words of this message will be written with a pen by me, a skilled writer.

LEB
• For the music director; according to The Lilies. Of the sons of Korah.
• A maskil. A song of love.[fn]
• My heart is moved with a good word;
• I recite my compositions[fn] to the king.
• My tongue is the pen of a skilled scribe.

BBE 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.

Moff Anoble theme inspires my soul! ⇔  Let me recite my verses to the king, ⇔  with tongue as swift as a scribe’s nimble pen.

JPS (45-1) For the Leader; upon Shoshannim; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves. (45-2) My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I say: 'My work is concerning a king'; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

ASV 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.

DRA Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden.

YLT To the Overseer. — 'On the Lilies.' — By sons of Korah. — An Instruction. — A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue [is] the pen of a speedy writer.

Drby My heart is welling forth [with] a good matter: I say what I have composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

RV 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.
(My heart overfloweth/flows with a goodly matter: I speak the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.)

SLT To the overseer over the lilies, for the sons of Korah, instruction: a song of the beloved. My heart boiled over a good word: I say my works to the king: my tongue the pen of one writing promptly.

Wbstr To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made concerning the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

KJB-1769 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.[fn][fn]

KJB-1611 ¶ My heart [fn]is inditing a good matter: I speake of the things which I haue made, touching the King: my tongue is the penne of a ready writer.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

Bshps To the chiefe musition (on the instrument) Sosannim (to be song of the) children of Corach. A song of loue, geuyng wise instructions. My heart is endityng of a good matter: I wyll dedicate my workes vnto the king, my tongue is as the penne of a redy writer.
(To the chief musician (on the instrument) Sosannim (to be song of the) children of Corach. A song of love, giving wise instructions. My heart is enditing of a good matter: I will dedicate my works unto the king, my tongue is as the pen of a ready writer.)

Gnva To him that excelleth on Shoshannim a song of love to give instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah. Mine heart will vtter forth a good matter: I wil intreat in my workes of the King: my tongue is as the pen of a swift writer.
(To him that excelleth on Shoshannim a song of love to give instruction, committed to the sons of Korah. Mine heart will utter forth a good matter: I will entreat in my works of the King: my tongue is as the pen of a swift writer.)

Cvdl My hert is dytinge of a good matter, I speake of that, which I haue made of the kynge:
(My heart is dytinge of a good matter, I speak of that, which I have made of the king:)

Wycl The title of the five and fourtithe salm. To the ouercomere, the song of the sones `of Chore, `for yongthis.
(The title of the five and fortieth psalm. To the overcomer, the song of the sons of Chore, for youthis.)

Luth Ein Brautlied und Unterweisung der Kinder Korah von den Rosen, vorzusingen.
(A wedding_song and instruction/guidance the/of_the children Korah from the roses, to_sing_to.)

ClVg In finem, filiis Core, pro arcanis. Psalmus.[fn]
(In the_end, to_the_children Core, for mysterious. Psalm/Song.)

UHB 2 רָ֘חַ֤שׁ לִבִּ֨⁠י ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר ט֗וֹב אֹמֵ֣ר אָ֭נִי מַעֲשַׂ֣⁠י לְ⁠מֶ֑לֶךְ לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗⁠י עֵ֤ט ׀ סוֹפֵ֬ר מָהִֽיר׃ ‡

BrLXX Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῶν υἱῶν Κορὲ, ὑπὲρ τῶν κρυφίων ψαλμός.

BrTr For the end, for the sons of Core; a Psalm concerning secret things.