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In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.
Psalms 45:4 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
  • KJV And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
  • NKJV And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness; And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.
  • NASB And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, For the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness; Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.
  • NLT In your majesty, ride out to victory, defending truth, humility, and justice. Go forth to perform awe-inspiring deeds!

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Quick answer

The king rides victoriously for truth, humility, and righteousness, his right hand doing awesome deeds. It matters because his cause is just, fulfilled perfectly in Christ.

Overview

The king advances not for conquest alone but on behalf of truth and righteousness, marked even by humility. His victories serve a moral cause. This is supremely true of Christ, the righteous King who in lowliness rides to triumph, establishing truth and justice through His saving reign.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 25

  • Ps 65:5With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
  • Rev 19:11Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
  • Rev 6:2So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.
  • Isa 59:17–18He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
  • Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
  • Matt 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • Ps 60:4You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
  • 1 Th 1:5because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.
  • Luke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
  • Rev 19:17–21Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
  • Rev 11:18The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
  • 2 Th 3:1Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you.
  • Ps 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
  • Ps 110:2–3The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
  • 1 Th 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
  • 2 Cor 10:1Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
  • Ps 21:8–9Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
  • 2 Th 1:8–9in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
  • John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  • John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  • Rev 6:16–17And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
  • Isa 63:1–6Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
  • Matt 12:19–20He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets.
  • Ps 110:5–6The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
  • Rev 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 45:4 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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