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- Chapter 45
- Verse 5
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
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Gill's Exposition
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies,.... Meaning either the Jews, who were the implacable enemies of Christ, and who would not have him to reign over them; in the midst of whom…
Barnes' Notes
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart ... - literally, “Thine arrows are sharp - the people under thee shall fall - in the heart of the enemies of the king.” The process of “thought” in the verse seems…
Some make Shoshannim, in the title, to signify an instrument of six strings; others take it in its primitive signification for lilies or roses, which probably were strewed, with other flowers, at…
Cambridge Bible
As the text stands it must be rendered;
Thine arrows are sharp;
Peoples fall under thee:
(They are) in the heart of the king's enemies.
The poet depicts the battle with rapid vigorous strokes of…
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