Psalms 45:6 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 45:6

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

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ASV

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

KJV

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

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Commentary

3 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

Discourses Against the Arians 2.13 (373)

Even before he became man, he was King and Lord everlasting, being image and word of the Father.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever,.... This verse and Psa 45:7 are cited in Heb 1:8; and applied to the Son of God, the second Person in the Trinity; and therefore are not an apostrophe to the Father, as some have said; nor will they bear to be rendered, "thy throne is the throne of God", or "thy throne is God"; or be supplied thus, "God shall establish thy throne".

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever. To whom can this be spoken but our Lord? The psalmist cannot restrain his adoration. His enlightened eye sees in the royal Husband of the church, God, God to be adored, God reigning, God reigning everlastingly. Blessed sight! Blind are the eyes that cannot see God in Christ Jesus! We never appreciate the tender condescension of our King in becoming one flesh with his church, and placing her at his right hand, until we have fully rejoiced in his essential glory and deity.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּסְאֲךָ֣	kis.'a.Kha	throne your	H3678 →
אֱ֭לֹהִים	'E.lo.Him	O God	H430 →
עוֹלָ֣ם	o.Lam	[is] forever	H5769 →
וָעֶ֑ד	va.'Ed	and ever	H5703 →
שֵׁ֥בֶט	She.vet	[is] a scepter of	H7626 →
מִ֝ישֹׁ֗ר	mi.Shor	uprightness	H4334 →
שֵׁ֣בֶט	She.vet	[the] scepter of	H7626 →
מַלְכוּתֶֽךָ׃	mal.khu.Te.kha	kingdom your	H4438 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
leads to
- Genesis 1:1
  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- John 17:5
  And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
- Revelation 19:13
  He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
- Colossians 1:17
  He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
- John 1:14
  The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Through
Psalms 93:2
Your throne was established long ago; You are from all eternity.
leads to
- Psalms 90:2
  Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
- Proverbs 8:22–23
  The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
- Revelation 1:8
  “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms