Psalm 45:4
New International Version
In your majesty ride forth victoriously in the cause of truth, humility and justice; let your right hand achieve awesome deeds.

New Living Translation
In your majesty, ride out to victory, defending truth, humility, and justice. Go forth to perform awe-inspiring deeds!

English Standard Version
In your majesty ride out victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; let your right hand teach you awesome deeds!

Berean Standard Bible
In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.

King James Bible
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

New King James Version
And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness; And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.

New American Standard Bible
And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, For the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness; Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.

NASB 1995
And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.

NASB 1977
And in Thy majesty ride on victoriously, For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; Let Thy right hand teach Thee awesome things.

Legacy Standard Bible
And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.

Amplified Bible
And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly For the cause of truth and humility and righteousness; Let Your right hand guide You to awesome things.

Christian Standard Bible
in your splendor ride triumphantly in the cause of truth, humility, and justice. May your right hand show your awe-inspiring acts.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
in your splendor ride triumphantly in the cause of truth, humility, and justice. May your right hand show your awe-inspiring acts.

American Standard Version
And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, Because of truth and meekness and righteousness: And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Contemporary English Version
and ride out in splendor! Win victories for truth and mercy and justice. Do fearsome things with your powerful arm.

English Revised Version
And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Ride on victoriously in your majesty for the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand teach you awe-inspiring things.

Good News Translation
Ride on in majesty to victory for the defense of truth and justice! Your strength will win you great victories!

International Standard Version
In your majesty ride forth for the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness; and your strong right hand will teach you awesome things.

Majority Standard Bible
In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.

NET Bible
Appear in your majesty and be victorious! Ride forth for the sake of what is right, on behalf of justice! Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts!

New Heart English Bible
In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.

Webster's Bible Translation
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

World English Bible
In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
As for Your majesty—prosper [and] ride! Because of truth, meekness, [and] righteousness, "" And Your right hand shows You fearful things.

Young's Literal Translation
As to Thy majesty -- prosper! -- ride! Because of truth, and meekness -- righteousness, And Thy right hand showeth Thee fearful things.

Smith's Literal Translation
And in thy splendor prosper thou riding upon the word of truth and humility, of justice; and thy right hand shall teach thee wonderfully.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
With thy comeliness and thy beauty set out, proceed prosperously, and reign. Because of truth and meekness and justice: and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.

Catholic Public Domain Version
With your splendor and your excellence extended, proceed prosperously, and reign for the sake of truth and meekness and justice, and so will your right hand lead you wondrously.

New American Bible
In the cause of truth, meekness, and justice may your right hand show your wondrous deeds.

New Revised Standard Version
In your majesty ride on victoriously for the cause of truth and to defend the right; let your right hand teach you dread deeds.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Your majesty is triumphant; ride upon the word of truth and meekness and righteousness; your law is upheld by reverence for your right hand.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Your Honor is victorious. The Humility of Righteousness rides upon The Word of Truth: your Law, in the awesomeness of your right hand!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And in thy majesty prosper, ride on, In behalf of truth and meekness and righteousness; And let thy right hand teach thee tremendous things.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and bend thy bow, and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
My Heart is Stirred by a Noble Theme
3Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor. 4In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds. 5Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.…

Cross References
Isaiah 11:4
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

Revelation 19:11-16
Then 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. / He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows. / He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God. ...

Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

Hebrews 1:8-9
But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. / You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”

Isaiah 42:1-4
“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations. / He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets. / A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice. ...

Zechariah 9:9-10
Rejoice 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. / And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

Revelation 6:2
So 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.

Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, / to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn, / to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

Psalm 72:2-4
May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice. / May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness. / May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

Matthew 21:5
“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

Isaiah 63:1-4
Who 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.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ...

Luke 4:18-19
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, / to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Jeremiah 23:5-6
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land. / In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

John 18:37
“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

Micah 4:3
Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.


Treasury of Scripture

And in your majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and your right hand shall teach you terrible things.

ride [heb.

Revelation 6:2
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

Revelation 19:11
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

prosperously

Psalm 110:2,3
The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies…

1 Thessalonians 1:5
For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

1 Thessalonians 2:13
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

because

Psalm 60:4
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

meekness

Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Matthew 12:19,20
He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets…

right

Psalm 2:9
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Psalm 21:8,9
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee…

Psalm 65:5
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

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Psalm 45
1. The majesty and grace of Christ's kingdom
10. The duty of the church, and the benefits thereof














In your majesty
The word "majesty" in Hebrew is "הֲדָרֶךָ" (hadareka), which conveys a sense of splendor, magnificence, and regal authority. This phrase sets the tone for the verse, emphasizing the kingly and divine nature of the one being addressed. In a conservative Christian perspective, this can be seen as a foreshadowing of Christ's majestic return, where His divine authority and splendor will be fully revealed. The majesty of Christ is not just in His appearance but in His righteous character and divine mission.

ride forth
The imagery of riding forth suggests action, movement, and purpose. In ancient times, a king or warrior riding forth would be a symbol of power and intent to conquer or achieve a mission. The Hebrew root "רָכַב" (rakav) implies not just riding but doing so with authority and purpose. This can be seen as a call to Christ's active role in the world, advancing His kingdom and purposes with divine authority.

in the cause of truth
The Hebrew word for "truth" is "אֱמֶת" (emet), which signifies reliability, faithfulness, and stability. Truth is foundational to God's character and His kingdom. In a world often marked by deception and falsehood, the cause of truth is a divine mission. For Christians, this underscores the importance of aligning with God's truth as revealed in Scripture and embodied in Jesus Christ, who declared Himself to be "the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6).

humility
The Hebrew term "עֲנָוָה" (anavah) for humility is intriguing, as it combines the ideas of gentleness and meekness with strength under control. This is not weakness but a deliberate choice to submit to God's will and serve others. In the context of this psalm, it highlights the paradox of divine kingship—where true greatness is demonstrated through humble service. Jesus exemplified this in His life and ministry, offering a model for believers to emulate.

and justice
"Justice" in Hebrew is "צֶדֶק" (tsedeq), which encompasses righteousness, fairness, and moral integrity. Justice is a key attribute of God's character and a central theme in the Bible. It involves setting things right and ensuring that righteousness prevails. For Christians, this is a call to pursue justice in their own lives and communities, reflecting God's heart for the oppressed and marginalized.

let your right hand
The "right hand" is a biblical symbol of power and authority. In ancient cultures, the right hand was associated with strength and skill. The Hebrew word "יָמִין" (yamin) signifies not just physical power but also the ability to execute plans and achieve goals. In this context, it suggests divine intervention and the execution of God's will through His chosen king, ultimately fulfilled in Christ.

achieve awesome deeds
The phrase "awesome deeds" in Hebrew is "נוֹרָאוֹת" (nora'ot), which conveys acts that inspire awe and reverence. These are not ordinary deeds but those that reveal God's power and majesty. In the biblical narrative, God's awesome deeds often involve deliverance, judgment, and the establishment of His kingdom. For believers, this is a reminder of God's active presence in the world, working through His people to accomplish His purposes and bring about His kingdom.

(4) And in thy majesty.--The repetition of this word from the last verse (conjunction included) is suspicious, especially as the LXX., followed by the Vulg., render, "Direct (thine arrows or thine aim").

Ride prosperously . . .--Literally, proceed, ride; expressing, according to a common Hebrew usage, by two verbs what we express by adverb and verb.

Because of . . .--Better, In behalf of. So LXX. and Vulg. There is a difficulty from the absence of the conjunction in the Hebrew before the last of the triad of virtues. The LXX. have it, but may have supplied it, as the Authorised Version does. Some render, "meek righteousness," or, slightly changing the pointing, "the afflicted righteous."

And thy right hand shall teach . . .--If we keep this rendering, we must picture the warrior with his right hand extended, pointing to the foe whom he is about to strike with his deadly arrows. But even this seems somewhat tame; and as the verb rendered "teach" is in 1Samuel 20:20 used for "shooting arrows," and "arrows" are mentioned immediately in the next verse, it seems obvious to render: And thy right hand shall shoot terrors, or, terribly. (Comp. Psalm 65:5.)

Verse 4. - And in thy majesty ride prosperously; literally, and in thy majesty go forth, ride. The riding intended is probably riding in a chariot. Because of truth and meekness and righteousness; rather, because of truth and meek-tempered righteoushess (Kay); i.e. for the purpose of vindicating truth and righteousness in the case of those who outrage them. Righteousness, however, to be really righteousness, must be combined with meekness (comp. Zephaniah 2:3). And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. It is the right hand wherewith the warrior strikes; and at each blow it opens to the striker terrible experiences, and thus may be said to "teach him terrible things."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In your splendor
וַהֲדָ֬רְךָ֨ ׀ (wa·hă·ḏā·rə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1926: Magnificence, ornament, splendor

ride forth
רְכַ֗ב (rə·ḵaḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch

in victory
צְלַ֬ח (ṣə·laḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6743: To push forward

on
עַֽל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

behalf
דְּבַר־ (də·ḇar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of truth
אֱ֭מֶת (’ĕ·meṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness

and humility
וְעַנְוָה־ (wə·‘an·wāh-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6037: Gentleness, meekness

and justice;
צֶ֑דֶק (ṣe·ḏeq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity

may your right hand
יְמִינֶֽךָ׃ (yə·mî·ne·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3225: The right hand, side, the south

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וְתוֹרְךָ֖ (wə·ṯō·wr·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

your awesome deeds.
נוֹרָא֣וֹת (nō·w·rā·’ō·wṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten


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