Gird Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O Most Mighty, with Thy glory and Thy majesty. He is not only a fair and gracious King, but also a great Champion of His people, who went out to battle for the salvation of mankind, invincible in His glory and majesty, the attributes of the true and only God, Psalms 96:6. With these same wonderful qualities He is now endowed as He sits at the right hand of God, Ephesians 1:21.
Verse Psalms 45:3. _GIRD THY SWORD UPON_ THY _THIGH, O_ MOST _MIGHTY_] This clause should be translated, _O hero, gird thy sword upon thy_ _thigh_! This, I think, cannot be spoken of Solomon. He was...
GIRD THY SWORD UPON THY THIGH - That is, Arm or prepare thyself for battle and conquest. The Messiah is introduced here as a conquering king; as about to go forward to subdue the nations to himself; a...
Psalms 45 The Answer: The King Messiah and His Glory _ 1. The King in His majesty and power (Psalms 45:1)_ 2. His throne and His glory (Psalms 45:6) 3. With the King, sharing His glory and kingdo...
XLV. A ROYAL MARRIAGE SONG. This Ps. owes its place in the Canon to that allegorical interpretation which has been accepted by the Synagogue and the Church, the Messiah being the bridegroom and Israel...
MOST MIGHTY. mighty One. _Hebrew gibbor._ With thy glory. Supply _Ellipsis_ (App-6), by repeating "[Gird thee] with Thy glory"....
The royal bridegroom: his personal beauty, the justice of his government, the success of his arms, the glory of his kingdom, the magnificence of his court. He is one upon whom the Divine blessing has...
Instead of praising the king's strength and courage in the abstract, the Psalmist bids him use them in the cause of truth and right. _O_most _mighty_ O mighty hero. with _thy glory and thy majesty_...
DISCOURSE: 575 THE REIGN OF CHRIST DESIRED Psalms 45:3._ Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth and meekn...
GIRD THY SWORD, &C.— This is meant of Christ's coming victoriously to set up his spiritual kingdom in our hearts, and to rule and reign in them by the power of his grace; in allusion to earthly potent...
PSALMS 45 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Royal Marriage. ANALYSIS Stanza I., vet. 1, The Psalmist bespeaks Attention to his Poem. Stanza II., Psalms 45:2, The King's Surpassing. Beauty and Gracious Discourse...
_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,...
The poem celebrates the marriage of a king. After the prelude (Psalms 45:1) come addresses to the royal bridegroom (Psalms 45:2) and bride (Psalms 45:10), a description of the bridal procession ...
WITH THY GLO RV, etc.] RV 'Thy glory and thy majesty.' These are the weapons with which the king girds himself....
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
GIRD THY SWORD... O MOST MIGHTY. — Or, perhaps, _Gird on thy sword in hero guise;_ or, _Gird on thy hero’s sword._ The object of the poet’s praise is as heroic in war as he is beautiful in person. WIT...
_[Psalms 45:4]_ חֲגֹֽור ־חַרְבְּךָ֣ עַל ־יָרֵ֣ךְ גִּבֹּ֑ור...
Psalms 45:1 THIS is an _ epithalamion_ or ode on a king's marriage. The usual bewildering variety of conjectures as to his identity meets us in commentaries. The older opinion points to Solomon's marr...
THE KING'S WEDDING SONG Psalms 45:1 Though this psalm was probably composed to celebrate Solomon's marriage with Pharaoh's daughter, we must remember that it is distinctly applied to our Lord in Hebr...
Whether this psalm has, or had, a local application or is wholly idealistic cannot be certainly determined. It matters very little, for it is one of the songs which inevitably is Messianic in its deep...
The prophet having represented the Messiah in the glories and beauties of his person, proceeds to show him as a Warrior and Conqueror. Before Christ, as the Bridegroom, can possess his bride, the Chur...
_MESSIAH’S CONQUESTS_ ‘Full of grace are Thy lips, because God hath blessed Thee for ever. Gird Thee with Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O Thou most Mighty: according to Thy worship and renown.’ Psalms 4...
3._Gird thy sword upon thy thigh. _Here Solomon is praised as well for his warlike valor, which strikes terror into ]his enemies, as for his virtues which give him authority among his subjects, and se...
Psalms 45 introduces Messiah, and, as we shall see, changes everything. I know not, interesting and full of bright energy as the psalm is, that I have much to note upon it, by reason of its force bein...
GIRD THY SWORD UPON [THY] THIGH, O [MOST] MIGHTY,.... As Christ is, the mighty God, even the Almighty, and which appears by his works of creation and providence; by the redemption of his people; by hi...
Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. Ver. 3. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty (O Heros).] This is one of Christ's titles, Isaiah 9:6, the gian...
_Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty_ “Having described the beauty and eloquence of the king, the prophet now proceeds to set forth his power, and to arm him as a warrior for the battle.” The...
1-5 The psalmist's tongue was guided by the Spirit of God, as the pen is by the hand of a ready writer. This psalm is touching the King Jesus, his kingdom and government. It is a shame that this good...
GIRD THY SWORD UPON THY THIGH; either, 1. As an ensign of royal majesty. But that is usually and much better expressed in Scripture _by putting a crown upon his head_. Or rather, 2. As an instrument...
Psalms 45:3 Gird H2296 (H8798) sword H2719 thigh H3409 Mighty H1368 glory H1935 majesty H1926 Gird -...
A DESCRIPTION OF THE KING'S GLORY (PSALMS 45:2). His description of the bridegroom's glory follows a carefully constructed pattern. 1) Firstly he describes the king's splendour (Psalms 45:2). He is...
Psalms 45:3 The three offices of Christ. Our Lord is here spoken of in two distinct characters as a Teacher: "Full of grace are Thy lips;" and as a Conqueror: "Gird Thee with Thy sword upon Thy thig...
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, (or, upon the lilies), for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. We may look upon the 45 th Psalm as being a sort of compendium of the Song of Solomon. It...
Psalms 45:1. _My heart is inditing a good matter: speak of the things which I have made touching the King:_ You know what King is referred to here, it is he, of whom the psalmist said, in the 4 th ve...
It is a Psalm of instruction, and yet it is a song of love, for the science of love to Christ is the most excellent of all the sciences. To know Christ is to love him, and we are best instructed who l...
The lily psalm a psalm of loves. Oh! that our hearts might be full of love tonight, and, while we read, may our hearts be singing to the praise of the Well Beloved. Psalms 45:1. _My heart is inditing...
CONTENTS: A psalm of the King, looking to His advent in glory. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: In the eyes of all those enlightened by the Holy Spirit the Lord Jesus, the King of Kings, excel...
Meir Arama says, that with the consent of all [the rabbins] this psalm speaks of the Messiah. The Targum also, as far as the eighth verse, expounds it of the Messiah. Their interpretation appears to b...
_My heart is inditing a good matter; I speak of the things which I have made touching the king._ THE SONG OF THE HEAVENLY NUPTIALS In accordance with unbroken tradition of the Church from the beginni...
_Gird Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O most mighty._ CHRIST A MIGHTY CONQUEROR I. The warrior. The fact that He is no less than a Divine being, although for a specific purpose He assumed our nature, disti...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 45:2 These words speak to the king, praising him for his appearance and gracious speech (v. Psalms 45:2), military power (v....
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 45:1. This hymn celebrates a royal wedding. It is impossible to be sure for which king in David’s line the song was first composed, but it does not matter. After...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil. A song of loves.” “_To the chief musician_.” See notes on the title to Psalms 39. “_Upon Shoshan...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is regarded by some as a simple epithalamium, or nuptial hymn, composed to honour a royal wedding, and sung as part of the wedding ceremony, at the marriage of some king of Israe...
The forty-fifth psalm is one of those beautiful psalms that refers to Christ, a Messianic psalm. The glorious king. But in this same psalm is seen the church, the bride of Jesus Christ. And so we have...
Acts 10:36; Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 4:12; Hebrews 8:1; Isaiah 49:2;...
Thy sword — To smite thine enemies. And the sword is here put for all his arms, as it is in many other places....
Is this a prediction of Mohammed? PROBLEM: Since this verse speaks of one coming with the “sword” to subdue his enemies, Muslims sometimes cite it as a prediction of their prophet Mohammed, who was k...