King James Version
Psalms 45:5 in the King James Version says “Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 45 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.”
Psalms 45:5 · KJV
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. ride: Heb. prosper thou, ride thou
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thine arrows”
H2671properly, a piercer, i.e., an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of god) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
“are sharp”
H8150to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
“whereby the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“fall”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“in the heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
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