PSA 45:1 Parallel Verse View

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Original PSA 45:2: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Korah's descendants (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (PSA 44:2) Ἐξηρεύξατο ἡ καρδία μου λόγον ἀγαθὸν, λέγω ἐγὼ τὰ ἔργα μου τῷ βασιλεῖ· ἡ γλῶσσά μου κάλαμος γραμματέως ὀξυγράφου.
(Exaʸreuxato haʸ kardia mou logon agathon, legō egō ta erga mou tōi basilei; haʸ glōssa mou kalamos grammateōs oxugrafou.)

BrTr (PSA 44:2) My heart [fn]has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.

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 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 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.

45:1 Or King; here and throughout Psalm 45

OEB 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 •
• 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.

45:? The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one

45:? Literally “works,” that is, the song he has composed

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 (PSA 45:2) (45-3) Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured upon thy lips; therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

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 (PSA 44:2) My heart hath uttered a good word I speak my works to the king; My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth swiftly.

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]

45.1 Maschil: or, of instruction

45.1 is inditing: Heb. boileth, or, bubbleth up

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))

45:1 Hebr. boyleth or bubleth vp.

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 inditing 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 (PSA 44:2) Myn herte hath teld out a good word; Y seie my workis `to the kyng. Mi tunge is `a penne of a writere; writynge swiftli.
(Mine heart hath/has told out a good word; I say my works to the king. My tongue is a pen of a writer; writing swiftly.)

Luth (PSA 45:2) Mein Herz dichtet ein feines Lied ich will singen von einem Könige; meine Zunge ist ein Griffel eines guten Schreibers.
(My heart seals/composes a fines song I will sing from on king(s); my tongue is a stylus one/a good writers.)

ClVg (PSA 44:2) [Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum: dico ego opera mea regi. Lingua mea calamus scribæ velociter scribentis.[fn]
([Uttered heart mine the_word/saying good: I_mean/say I works my to_rule. Lingua my calamus scribes/clerks quickly writing.)

44.2 Eructavit. AUG., HIER. Intus enim fatur Propheta, etc., usque ad antequam sit quod facturus est. Consilium vero Patris est Verbum. Bonum. Quo omnia bona facta sunt. Dico. Id est, Verbum profero: idem hic quod prius; sed in ipso verbo omnia opera Dei esse dicit; unde: Quod factum est in ipso vita erat, ut nihil sit in opere quod non prius fuit in consilio. De hoc dicitur: Semel locutus est Deus. Calamus. Non sono, qui transit, comparat Verbum: sed scripto, quod manet. Vel, velociter, quia non aliud post aliud, sed omnia simul in uno Verbo æterno. Velociter. Virtus prophetiæ, quæ non sub cruciatu humano cogitat quod de arcano divinitatis aliis divulgat.

44.2 Uttered. AUG., HIER. Inside/within because speaks Prophet, etc., until to before be that going_to_do it_is. Advice indeed/however Father’s it_is The_word/saying. Good. Where everything good(s) facts are. I_say. That it_is, The_word/saying I_bring_forward: the_same this/here that first/before; but in/into/on himself word everything works of_God to_be he_says; from_where/who: That done it_is in/into/on himself life was, as nothing be in/into/on by_work that not/no first/before it_was in/into/on by_design/by_the_advice. From/About this it_is_said: Once spoke it_is God. Calamus. Not/No sound(v)/resound, who/which passes, compares The_word/saying: but written, that remains. Or, quickly, because not/no something_else after something_else, but everything at_the_same_time in/into/on one Word eternal. Quickly. Virtue prophecies, which not/no under torture human thinks that from/about mysterious of_divinity to_others publishes.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

רָ֘חַ֤שׁ לִבִּ֨⁠י ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר ט֗וֹב

overflows (Some words not found in UHB: overflows heart_of,my theme good recite I work(s)_of,my to_[the],king tongue_of,my pen writer ready )

The verb that the ULT translates as boils over occurs only here in the Bible, but it comes from the same root as a term for a pot or cauldron, so that seems to be its meaning. However, in this context, the focus is not on the heat that causes a liquid to boil. It is on the way a boiling liquid may overflow from a pot. Particularly if your language and culture associate heat with anger, it may be helpful to express the general meaning in order not to suggest that the psalmist is angry. Alternate translation: [My heart overflows with a good matter]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רָ֘חַ֤שׁ לִבִּ֨⁠י ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר ט֗וֹב

overflows (Some words not found in UHB: overflows heart_of,my theme good recite I work(s)_of,my to_[the],king tongue_of,my pen writer ready )

Here the heart represents a person’s thoughts. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [My mind overflows with a good matter] or [My thoughts about a good matter are overflowing]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רָ֘חַ֤שׁ לִבִּ֨⁠י ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר ט֗וֹב

overflows (Some words not found in UHB: overflows heart_of,my theme good recite I work(s)_of,my to_[the],king tongue_of,my pen writer ready )

The psalmist is speaking as if his heart (his mind) were actually overflowing with the matter he will describe in this psalm. He means that he finds his subject so inspiring that he cannot contain his thoughts about it; that is, he must speak out loud what he thinks about it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. (See the further discussion of this in the introduction to this psalm.) Alternate translation: [My subject is so inspiring that I must express my thoughts about it aloud]

Note 4 topic: translate-tense

אֹמֵ֣ר אָ֭נִי

recite I

The psalmist says I am reciting because he has already begun to sing his composition. However, since he is referring to the part of it that will follow, in some languages it may be more natural to use a verb in the future tense here. Alternate translation: [I will recite]

Note 5 topic: translate-plural

מַעֲשַׂ֣⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: overflows heart_of,my theme good recite I work(s)_of,my to_[the],king tongue_of,my pen writer ready )

The psalmist is using the plural term works to refer to the many elements he has incorporated into this song. In some languages it may be more natural to use a singular term to refer to his entire composition. Alternate translation: [my work] or [my composition]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠מֶ֑לֶךְ

to_[the],king

The phrase that the ULT translates as to the king may indicate: (1) that the psalmist is performing this song for the king and directing it to him. The ULT reflects this meaning. (2) that the psalmist has composed this song about the king. Alternate translation: [about the king]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗⁠י עֵ֤ט ׀ סוֹפֵ֬ר מָהִֽיר

tongue_of,my pen writer ready

The psalmist is speaking as if his tongue were actually a stylus that belonged to a scribe who was able to record quickly and accurately what he heard people say. The psalmist means that even though he has many thoughts that he would like to share on this occasion, he will be able to sing them all articulately and continuously. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I will be able to express all of my thoughts articulately and continuously in this song]

Parallel PSA 45:1