Psalms 45:8
8 All your garments are perfumed with ▼
▼tn The words “perfumed with” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces ▼
▼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.
comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy. ▼▼tn Heb “from the palaces of ivory stringed instrument[s] make you happy.”
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