_MY HEART IS INDITING A GOOD MATTER: I SPEAK OF THE THINGS WHICH I HAVE MADE TOUCHING THE KING: MY TONGUE IS THE PEN OF A READY WRITER._ Psalms 45:1 -A PRAISE-SONG TO THE KING ON HIS MARRIAGE. Solomon, the type, suggests much of the imagery, but the inapplicability of the rest to him (as the warlik... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU ART FAIRER THAN THE CHILDREN OF MEN: GRACE IS POURED INTO THY LIPS: THEREFORE GOD HATH BLESSED THEE FOR EVER._ Thou art fairer than the children of men. The Hebrew is a peculiarly intensive form х_ YAAPªYAAPIYTAA _ (H3302), for yªpiy yaapiytaa]; literally, 'Thou art beautifulness beautiful' -... [ Continue Reading ]
_GIRD THY SWORD UPON THY THIGH, O MOST MIGHTY, WITH THY GLORY AND THY MAJESTY._ Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O (Most) Mighty - in order that thou mayest, by destroying thine enemies (cf. the type, 1 Samuel 25:13), take the kingdom to thyself which is thine own (cf. Revelation 11:15; Revelation 11... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN THY MAJESTY RIDE PROSPEROUSLY BECAUSE OF TRUTH AND MEEKNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND THY RIGHT HAND SHALL TEACH THEE TERRIBLE THINGS._ And in thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness (and) righteousness. "Thy majesty" is repeated from Psalms 45:3, as being the pledge of a... [ Continue Reading ]
_THINE ARROWS ARE SHARP IN THE HEART OF THE KING'S ENEMIES; WHEREBY THE PEOPLE FALL UNDER THEE._ Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. The THINE ARROWS ARE SHARP IN THE HEART OF THE KING'S ENEMIES; WHEREBY THE PEOPLE FALL UNDER THEE. The Hebr... [ Continue Reading ]
_THY THRONE, O GOD, IS FOR EVER AND EVER: THE SCEPTRE OF THY KINGDOM IS A RIGHT SCEPTRE._ The victory having been won, and the enemies destroyed, Messiah's throne is contemplated in the first clause as to its perpetuity; in the next clause, as to its internal character: the latter being the cause,... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU LOVEST RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND HATEST WICKEDNESS: THEREFORE GOD, THY GOD, HATH ANOINTED THEE WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE THY FELLOWS._ From praising the King the Psalmist passes to the royal marriage. THE SECOND PART. THOU LOVEST RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND HATEST WICKEDNESS - the connecting link betwe... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THY GARMENTS SMELL OF MYRRH, AND ALOES, AND CASSIA, OUT OF THE IVORY PALACES, WHEREBY THEY HAVE MADE THEE GLAD._ All thy garments (smell) of myrrh, and aloes, (and) cassia. Cassia is 'a bark like cinnamon, but less aromatic: so called from its being peeled off' х_ QªTSIY`OWT_ (H7102), from _ Q... [ Continue Reading ]
_KINGS' DAUGHTERS WERE AMONG THY HONOURABLE WOMEN: UPON THY RIGHT HAND DID STAND THE QUEEN IN GOLD OF OPHIR._ Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. The "kings' daughters" are the Gentile peoples, which their respective kings gove... [ Continue Reading ]
_HEARKEN, O DAUGHTER, AND CONSIDER, AND INCLINE THINE EAR; FORGET ALSO THINE OWN PEOPLE, AND THY FATHER'S HOUSE;_ Address to the Bride. HEARKEN, O DAUGHTER, AND CONSIDER, AND INCLINE THINE EAR; FORGET ALSO THINE OWN PEOPLE, AND THY FATHER'S HOUSE A foreign princess, espoused by a great king, if sh... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO SHALL THE KING GREATLY DESIRE THY BEAUTY: FOR HE IS THY LORD; AND WORSHIP THOU HIM._ So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord - Hebrew, 'And let the King (be given, by thy devotion to Him, occasion to) desire thy beauty, for He is thy Lord' (1 Peter 3:5). AND WORSHIP TH... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE DAUGHTER OF TYRE SHALL BE THERE WITH A GIFT; EVEN THE RICH AMONG THE PEOPLE SHALL INTREAT THY FAVOUR._ And the daughter of Tyre (shall be there) with a gift -- as the consequence of thy entire self-surrender to the King. It is only when Israel, the literal and the spiritual, occupies her t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE KING'S DAUGHTER IS ALL GLORIOUS WITHIN: HER CLOTHING IS OF WROUGHT GOLD._ The address to the Bride-elect (Psalms 45:10) has now met a cordial response in her heart; so the procession moves from her father's house into the palace of the King. THE KING'S DAUGHTER IS ALL GLORIOUS WITHIN - i:e.,... [ Continue Reading ]
_SHE SHALL BE BROUGHT UNTO THE KING IN RAIMENT OF NEEDLEWORK: THE VIRGINS HER COMPANIONS THAT FOLLOW HER SHALL BE BROUGHT UNTO THEE._ She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework. As the King was described in Psalms 45:8 in His coming for the Bride, so she is here described in her be... [ Continue Reading ]
_WITH GLADNESS AND REJOICING SHALL THEY BE BROUGHT: THEY SHALL ENTER INTO THE KING'S PALACE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_INSTEAD OF THY FATHERS SHALL BE THY CHILDREN, WHOM THOU MAYEST MAKE PRINCES IN ALL THE EARTH._ Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. A princely and spiritual progeny shall be the fruit of this spiritual union (Isaiah 49:20; Isaiah 54:1). The... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL MAKE THY NAME TO BE REMEMBERED IN ALL GENERATIONS: THEREFORE SHALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE FOR EVER AND EVER._ I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations - primarily fulfilled by this psalm, which for little under 3,000 years has kept the faithful in joyful remembrance of what... [ Continue Reading ]