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Psalm 45

Psa. 45:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou art fairer
yaphah (Hebrew #3302)
properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful
KJV usage: be beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck.
Pronounce: yaw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
n than the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of men
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
: grace
chen (Hebrew #2580)
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
KJV usage: favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-)favoured.
Pronounce: khane
Origin: from 2603
o is poured
yatsaq (Hebrew #3332)
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
KJV usage: cast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.
Pronounce: yaw-tsak'
Origin: a primitive root
into thy lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
: therefore God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
hath blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
thee for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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Song of Sol. 5:9‑15• 9What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved,{HR}Thou fairest among women?{HR}What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved,{HR}That thou dost so charge us?
 10My beloved [is] white and ruddy,{HR}The chiefest among ten thousand.
 11His head [is] finest gold;{HR}His locks [are] flowing, black as the raven;
 12His eyes [are] like doves by the water brooks,{HR}Washed with milk, fitly set;
 13His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, banks of sweet herbs;{HR}His lips, lilies dropping liquid myrrh;
 14His hands, gold rings set with beryl;{HR}His body [is] ivory work overlaid (with) sapphires;
 15His legs, pillars of marble, set on sockets of fine gold;{HR}His aspect, as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars; (Song of Sol. 5:9‑15)
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Luke 4:22• 22{i}And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said,{/i} Is not this the son of Joseph? (Luke 4:22)

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fairer.
Song of Sol. 2:3• 3As the citron among the trees of the wood,{HR}So is my beloved among the sons.{HR}In his shadow I delighted and sat down,{HR}And his fruit [is] sweet to my taste. (Song of Sol. 2:3)
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Song of Sol. 5:10‑16• 10My beloved [is] white and ruddy,{HR}The chiefest among ten thousand.
 11His head [is] finest gold;{HR}His locks [are] flowing, black as the raven;
 12His eyes [are] like doves by the water brooks,{HR}Washed with milk, fitly set;
 13His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, banks of sweet herbs;{HR}His lips, lilies dropping liquid myrrh;
 14His hands, gold rings set with beryl;{HR}His body [is] ivory work overlaid (with) sapphires;
 15His legs, pillars of marble, set on sockets of fine gold;{HR}His aspect, as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars;
 16His mouth [is] most sweet;{HR}Yea he [is] altogether lovely.{HR}This [is] my beloved, yea this [is] my friend,{HR}O daughters of Jerusalem. (Song of Sol. 5:10‑16)
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Zech. 9:17• 17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! {i}Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.{/i} (Zech. 9:17)
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Matt. 17:2• 2{i}And he was transfigured before them. And his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as the light;{/i} (Matt. 17:2)
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John 1:14• 14And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only-begotten from beside a father), full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)
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Col. 1:15‑18• 15who is [the] image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation;
 16for by him was created the universe, the things in the heavens and those on the earth, the seen and the unseen, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities. The universe has been created through him and for him.
 17He is before all things, and the universe in him subsisteth.
 18And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is [the] beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might be in all things pre-eminent: (Col. 1:15‑18)
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Heb. 1:3‑4• 3who being effulgence of his glory and expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made [by himself] purification of our sins sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,
 4having become by so much better than the angels as he hath by inheritance a name more excellent than they. (Heb. 1:3‑4)
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Heb. 7:26• 26For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens, (Heb. 7:26)
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Rev. 1:13‑18• 13and in the midst of the [seven] lamp-stands one like {i}the{/i} Son of man, clad in a garment down to the foot, and girt about at the paps with a golden girdle:
 14his head and his hairs white as white wool, as snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire;
 15and his feet like fine brass, as glowing in a furnace; and his voice as a voice of many waters:
 16and he had in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance as the sun shineth in its strength.
 17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,
 18and the living one: and I was dead, and, behold, I am alive unto the ages of the ages; and I have the keys of death and of hades. (Rev. 1:13‑18)
grace.
Prov. 22:11• 11He that loveth pureness of heart [with] grace of his lips,{HR}The king [shall be] his friend. (Prov. 22:11)
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Isa. 50:4• 4The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to speak a word in season to the weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed. (Isa. 50:4)
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Luke 4:22• 22{i}And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said,{/i} Is not this the son of Joseph? (Luke 4:22)
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John 7:46• 46The officials answered, Never man so spake as this man. (John 7:46)
God.
Psa. 21:6• 6For thou givest him blessings forever;{HR}Thou makest him glad with joy by thy countenance. (Psa. 21:6)
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Psa. 72:17‑19• 17His name shall be forever;{HR}Before the sun shall his name be continued:{HR}And they shall bless themselves in him;{HR}All nations shall call him blessed.
 18Blessed [be] Jehovah Elohim,{HR}The God of Israel alone doing wondrous things.
 19And blessed [be] the name of his glory forever;{HR}And let all the earth be filled [with] his glory. Amen and Amen. (Psa. 72:17‑19)
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Phil. 2:9‑11• 9Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave him the name that [is] above every name,
 10that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal [beings],
 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, unto God [the] Father's glory. (Phil. 2:9‑11)
• The psalmist, addressing the Beloved, and voicing the feelings of the earthly bride, can say, “Thou art fairer than the children of men.” The King surpasses all others in beauty and moral excellence. (“Psalm 45” by H. Smith)
• The grace of His words is the outcome of the love of His heart. (“Psalm 45” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou hast been very fair above the sons of men;{HR}Grace hath been poured into thy lips;{HR}Therefore God hath blessed thee forever.