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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 are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:
3Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!
4He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision.
5Then will he speak to them in his anger, and in his fierce displeasure will he terrify them:
6And *I* have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness.
7I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; *I* this day have begotten thee.
8Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the ends of the earth:
9Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.
(Psa. 2:1‑9)
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Luke 19:42‑44• 42saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, even at least in this thy day, the things that are for thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes;
43for days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall make a palisaded mound about thee, and shall close thee around, and keep thee in on every side,
44and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children in thee; and shall not leave in thee a stone upon a 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 grind him to powder.
19And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour 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 having heard it they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brethren?
41Those then who had accepted his word were baptised; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.
(Acts 2:37,41)
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Acts 5:33• 33But they, when they heard these things, were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them. (Acts 5:33)
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Acts 7:54• 54And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against 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.