Psalms 45:8

All your garments are perfumed with ¹  myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces ²  comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy. ³ 

Ex 30:23,24; 1Ki 22:39; Ps 16:11; Ps 45:15; So 1:3,13; So 3:6; So 4:6,13,14; So 5:1,5,13; Am 3:15; Mt 2:11; Joh 14:2; Joh 19:39; 2Co 2:14-16; Heb 12:2

¹ tn The words “perfumed with” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn Heb “the palaces of ivory.” The phrase “palaces of ivory” refers to palaces that had ivory panels and furniture decorated with ivory inlays. Such decoration with ivory was characteristic of a high level of luxury. See 1 Kgs 22:39 and Amos 3:15.

³ tn Heb “from the palaces of ivory stringed instrument[s] make you happy.”