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Psalm 45

Psa. 45:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thine arrows
chets (Hebrew #2671)
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; (by interchange for 6086) the shaft of a spear
KJV usage: + archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.
Pronounce: khayts
Origin: from 2686
t are sharp
shanan (Hebrew #8150)
to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
KJV usage: prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.
Pronounce: shaw-nan'
Origin: a primitive root
in the heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
of the king’s
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
; whereby the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
fall
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
under thee.

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Cross References

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Thine.
sharp.
Psa. 2:1‑9• 1Why have the heathen raged,{HR}And do the people meditate a vain thing?
2The kings of the earth set themselves,{HR}And the princes have consulted together,{HR}Against Jehovah and against his anointed:
3"Let us break their bands,{HR}And cast away their cords from us."
4He who sitteth in the heavens laugheth:{HR}The Lord derideth them.
5Then he speaketh unto them in his anger,{HR}And in his wrath he confoundeth them:
6"Yet have I anointed my king upon Zion{HR}The mountain of my holiness."
7"Let me declare the decree;{HR}Jehovah said unto me,{HR}'Thou art my Son;{HR}This day have I begotten thee.'
8Ask of me, and I will give nations [for] thine inheritance,{HR}And the ends of the earth [for] thy possession.
9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;{HR}As a potter's vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces."
(Psa. 2:1‑9)
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Luke 19:42‑44• 42saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things for thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes.
43For days shall come upon thee that thine enemies shall make a rampart about thee and compass thee round and keep thee in on every side,
44and level thee with the ground and thy children in thee; and not leave in thee stone upon stone; because thou knewest not the season of thy visitation.
(Luke 19:42‑44)
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Luke 20:18‑19• 18Every one falling on this stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall crush him to powder.
19And the scribes and the chief priests that very hour sought to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them.
(Luke 20:18‑19)
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Acts 2:37,41• 37And when they heard, they were pricked in heart and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, What shall we do, brethren?
41Those then that accepted his word were baptized; and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
(Acts 2:37,41)
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Acts 5:33• 33And when they heard, they were cut [to the heart] and took counsel. (Acts 5:33)
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Acts 7:54• 54Now hearing these things they were deeply cut to their hearts, and gnashing their teeth at him. (Acts 7:54)
people.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thine arrows are sharp—peoples fall under thee—in the heart of the king’s enemies.

W. Kelly Translation

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Thine arrows [are] sharpened—{HR}The peoples fall under thee—{HR}In the heart of the king’s enemies.