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Psalm 45:1

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1My heart †is inditing a good matter:

I speak of the things which I have made touching the king:

My tongue is the apen of ba ready writer.

Read in Logos
Psalm 45:1: My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

Footnotes

  1. †Heb. boileth, or, bubbleth up.
  2. bSee Ezra 7:6.

Cross references

  1. aJob 19:24. Jer. 8:8. & 17:1.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My heart overflows with a pleasing theme;

I address my verses to the king;

my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My heart is stirred by a noble theme

as I recite my verses for the king;

my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My heart is moved by a noble theme

as I recite my verses to the king;

my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

NLTNew Living Translation

Beautiful words stir my heart.

I will recite a lovely poem about the king,

for my tongue is like the pen of a skillful poet.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My heart is moved with a good word;

I recite my compositions to the king.

My tongue is the pen of a skilled scribe.