Psalms 45:2 
Context| NET © | You are the most handsome of all men! 1 You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! 2 For this reason 3 God grants you continual blessings. 4 |
| NIV © | You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you for ever. |
| NASB © | You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever. |
| NLT © | You are the most handsome of all. Gracious words stream from your lips. God himself has blessed you forever. |
| MSG © | "You're the handsomest of men; every word from your lips is sheer grace, and God has blessed you, blessed you so much. |
| BBE © | You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever. |
| NRSV © | You are the most handsome of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever. |
| NKJV © | You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever. |
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| NET © | You are the most handsome of all men! 1 You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! 2 For this reason 3 God grants you continual blessings. 4 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “you are handsome from the sons of man.” The preposition “from” is used in a comparative (“more than”) sense. The peculiar verb form יָפְיָפִיתָ (yafyafita) is probably the result of dittography of yod-pe (יפ) and should be emended to יָפִיתָ (yafita). See GKC 152 §55.e. 2 tn Heb “favor is poured out on your lips.” “Lips” probably stands by metonymy for the king’s speech. Some interpret the Hebrew term חֵן (khen) as referring here to “gracious (i.e., kind and polite) speech”, but the word probably refers more generally to “attractive” speech that is impressively articulated and fitting for the occasion. For other instances of the term being used of speech, see Prov 22:11 and Eccl 10:12. 3 tn Or “this demonstrates.” The construction עַל־כֵּן (’al-ken, “therefore”) usually indicates what logically follows from a preceding statement. However, here it may infer the cause from the effect, indicating the underlying basis or reason for what precedes (see BDB 487 s.v. I כֵּן 3.f; C. A. Briggs and E. G. Briggs, Psalms [ICC], 1:386). 4 tn Or “blesses you forever.” Here “bless” means to “endue with the power and skill to rule effectively,” as the following verses indicate. |
