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<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/45-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Then the King will desire your beauty.<br>         Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/45-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>The daughter of Tyre <i>will come</i> with a gift;<br>         The rich among the people will seek your favor. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/45-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>The Kings daughter is all glorious within;<br>         Her clothing is interwoven with gold. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/45-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>She will be led to the King in embroidered work;<br>         The virgins, her companions who follow her,<br>         Will be brought to You. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/45-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing;<br>         They will enter into the Kings palace. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/45-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>In place of your fathers will be your sons;<br>         You shall make them princes in all the earth. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/45-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>I will cause Your name to be remembered in all generations;<br>         Therefore the peoples will give You thanks forever and ever.<p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/45.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/45.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/psalms/45.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/45.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/45.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/45.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/45.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thy throne, O God, is age-during, and for ever, A sceptre of uprightness Is the sceptre of Thy kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/july_20_forget_also_thine.htm">July 20. "Forget Also Thine Own" (Ps. Xlv. 10). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Forget also thine own" (Ps. xlv. 10). We, too, like the ancient Levites, must be "consecrated every one upon our son and upon our brother," and "forget our kindred and our father's house" in every sense in which they could hinder our full liberty and service for the Lord. We, too, must let our business go if it stands between us and the Lord, and in any case let it henceforth be His business and His alone, pursued for Him, controlled by Him, and its profits wholly dedicated to Him, and used as He <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/july_20_forget_also_thine.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_j/the_portrait_of_the_bride.htm">The Portrait of the Bride</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; 11. So shall the King desire thy beauty: for He is thy Lord; and worship thou Him. 12. And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour. 13. The King's daughter within the palace is all glorious: her clothing is inwrought with gold. 14. She shall be led unto the King in broidered work: the virgins, her companions, that follow <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_j/the_portrait_of_the_bride.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_j/the_king_in_his_beauty.htm">The King in his Beauty</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured into Thy lips: therefore God hath blessed Thee forever. 3. Gird Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and Thy majesty. 4. And in Thy majesty ride on prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness: and Thy right hand shall teach Thee terrible things. 5. Thine arrows are sharp; the peoples fall under Thee; they are in the heart of the King's enemies. 6. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of equity <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_j/the_king_in_his_beauty.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_9_1863/the_gladness_of_the_man.htm">The Gladness of the Man of Sorrows</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Our text describes the joy poured forth upon our glorious King in a twofold manner. Our Lord is first made joyous by his Father--"Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." But there is another joy, which he getteth not from one person, but from many. Read the next verse--"All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad." Here both saints <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_9_1863/the_gladness_of_the_man.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 9: 1863</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/a_short_and_easy_method_of_prayer/chapter_ix_of_virtue.htm">Of virtue</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Of Virtue It is thus we acquire virtue, with facility and certainty; for, as God is the fountain and principle of all virtue, we possess all in the possession of Himself; and in proportion as we approach towards this possession, in like proportion do we rise into the most eminent virtues. For all virtue is but as a mask, an outside appearance changeable as our garments, if it doth not spring up, and issue from within; and then, indeed, it is genuine, essential, and permanent: "The beauty of the King's <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/a_short_and_easy_method_of_prayer/chapter_ix_of_virtue.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Madame Guyon—</span><span class="citation2">A Short and Easy Method of Prayer</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_viii_on_virtueall_virtues.htm">On virtue --All virtues Given with God in this Degree of the Prayer of the Heart. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">This is the short and the sure way of acquiring virtue; because, God being the principle of all virtue, we possess all virtue in possessing God. More than this, I say that all virtue which is not given inwardly is a mask of virtue, and like a garment that can be taken off, and will wear out. But virtue communicated fundamentally is essential, true, and permanent. "The King's daughter is all glorious within" (Ps. xlv. 13). And there are none who practise virtue more constantly than those who acquire <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_viii_on_virtueall_virtues.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Jeanne Marie Bouvières—</span><span class="citation2">A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a_key_to_the_apocalypse/of_the_first_seal.htm">Of the First Seal. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">The first occurrence of the Roman empire, and that a most illustrious one, is the commencement of the victory of Christ, by which the Roman gods began to be vanquished, and their worshippers to be transfixed with the arrows of the Gospel, to fail on every side, and to submit their necks to Christ the conqueror. "He went out (says he) conquering, and to conquer;" that is, he hath not yet completely conquered, but laid the foundations of victory, to he hereafter more and more fulfilled. The index of <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a_key_to_the_apocalypse/of_the_first_seal.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Joseph Mede—</span><span class="citation2">A Key to the Apocalypse</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_suso_and_others/the_high_calling.htm">The High Calling</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Gerhard Ter Steegen Ps. xlv. 9 Child of the Eternal Father, Bride of the Eternal Son, Dwelling-place of God the Spirit, Thus with Christ made ever one; Dowered with joy beyond the Angels Nearest to His throne, They, the ministers attending His beloved one: Granted all my heart's desire, All things made my own; Feared by all the powers of evil, Fearing God alone; Walking with the Lord in glory Through the courts divine, Queen within the royal palace, Christ for ever mine; Say, poor worldling, can <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_suso_and_others/the_high_calling.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Frances Bevan—</span><span class="citation2">Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/of_holy_virginity_/section_38_i_send_thee.htm">I Send Thee Not, Soul that Art Religiously Chaste...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">38. I send thee not, soul that art religiously chaste, that hast not given the reins to fleshly appetite even so far as to allowed marriage, that hast not indulged thy body about to depart even to the begetting one to succeed thee, that hast sustained aloft thy earthly members, afloat to accustom them to heaven; I send thee not, in order that thou mayest learn humility, unto publicans and sinners, who yet enter into the kingdom of heaven before the proud: I send thee not to these: for they, who have <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/of_holy_virginity_/section_38_i_send_thee.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">St. Augustine—</span><span class="citation2">Of Holy Virginity. </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/on_the_opinion_of_dionysius.htm">On the Opinion of Dionysius. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Letter of Athanasius concerning Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria, shewing that he too was against the Arian heresy, like the Synod of Nicæa, and that the Arians in vain libel him in claiming him as on their side. 1. The Arian appeal to Dionysius a slander against him. You have been tardy in informing me of the present argument between yourself and the enemies of Christ; for even before your courtesy wrote to me, I had made diligent enquiry, and learnt about the matter, of which I heard with <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/on_the_opinion_of_dionysius.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Athanasius—</span><span class="citation2">Select Works and Letters or Athanasius</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song_of_songs_of_solomon/2_thy_name_is_as.htm">Thy Name is as Oil Poured Forth; Therefore have the virgins Loved Thee. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Sensible grace, which is here signified by the name of the Bridegroom, penetrates the whole soul so powerfully with the sweetness which God sends to the souls He intends to fill with His love, that it is truly like a balm poured forth, which extends and insensibly increases, in proportion as it is more and more poured out, and with so excellent an odor that the young soul finds itself wholly penetrated by its power and sweetness. This takes place without violence, and with so much pleasure that the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song_of_songs_of_solomon/2_thy_name_is_as.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Madame Guyon—</span><span class="citation2">Song of Songs of Solomon</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/45-6.htm">Psalm 45:6 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/psalms/45-6.htm">Psalm 45:6 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/psalms/45-6.htm">Psalm 45:6 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/psalms/45-6.htm">Psalm 45:6 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/psalms/45-6.htm">Psalm 45:6 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/45-6.htm">Psalm 45:6 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/psalms/45-6.htm">Psalm 45:6 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/45-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 45:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 45:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/45-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 45:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 45:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/psalms/45-6.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>