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Psalms 45:9

King's daughters were among Thy honorable women, precious and valued are the bridal virgins, the maidens of the bridal procession, the believers, who are also followers of the King; upon Thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir, the Bride, or Wife, of the King appearing in the midst of the bridal virgins chosen by His grace, and identified with them for the purposes of the lesson here conveyed. The gold of Ophir decorating the queen is a picture of the rich gifts of mercy which the Messiah has bestowed upon His Church. The paragraph thus treats of Christ, true God and man, King and Bridegroom, from whom the gifts of mercy, righteousness, and joy in the Holy Ghost go forth and are bestowed upon the members of His Church, but who also lets His enemies feel the power of His majesty.

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See also Psalms 45:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 45:9. _KINGS' DAUGHTERS_ WERE _AMONG_] Applied to Solomon, these words have no difficulty. We know he had _seven hundred_ wives, _princesses_; and the mention of those here may be intend...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    KINGS’ DAUGHTERS WERE AMONG THY HONORABLE WOMEN - Those who were in attendance on him and on the bride were from the most elevated ranks; among the most honorable of the earth. The word rendered “hono...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HONOURABLE WOMEN. Courtladies. English. maids of honour. DID. doth. THE QUEEN. Type, Past, Hephzi-bah (2 Kings 21:1.Isaiah 62:4; Isaiah 62:4); antitype, future, Israel, the bride of Messiah ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Kings" daughters are among thy honourable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir (R.V.). An Oriental monarch prided himself on the number and nobility of the wives in his har...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    KINGS' DAUGHTERS, &C.— _Kings' daughters were in thy magnificence._ Or, _Were among thy high-valued treasures._ Mudge. The prophet here represents the bride, whose marriage he celebrates, as attended...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    45:9 women; (b-7) Or 'glorious ones.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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 ...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DID (RV 'doth') STAND THE QUEEN] the new consort, who takes the place of honour. GOLD OF OPHIR] the finest gold. Ophir was either in Africa or in S. Asia....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HONOURABLE WOMEN. — Literally, _precious ones, i.e.,_ possibly the favourites of the harem. See Proverbs 6:26, where this word _precious_ is used (comp. Jeremiah 31:20), or there may be an allusion to...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 45:10]_ בְּנֹ֣ות מְ֭לָכִים בְּ יִקְּרֹותֶ֑יךָ נִצְּבָ֥ה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the (h) queen in gold of Ophir. (h) Though he had many king's daughters among his wives, yet he found Pharaoh's daugh...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    How beautiful a description is here given of the glories of Christ's person, in his garments of salvation, and of the loveliness both of the Church, as one collected body united to their glorious Head...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    KINGS' DAUGHTERS [WERE] AMONG THY HONOURABLE WOMEN,.... Or "maids of honour" n; who filled and adorned the king's court, and made a splendid appearance there, the same with the virgins, the companions...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. Ver. 9. Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women] Thy ladies of honour attending...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women_ Among them that attend upon thy spouse, as the manner was in nuptial solemnities. As the queen is the church in general, so these honourable women ar...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-9 The throne of this almighty King is established for ever. While the Holy Spirit leads Christ's people to look to his cross, he teaches them to see the evil of sin and the beauty of holiness; so t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AMONG THY HONOURABLE WOMEN, i.e. amongst them that attend upon thy spouse, as the manner was in nuptial solemnities; as men attended upon the bridegroom, whence they were called _friends_, 1 THESSALON...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 45:9 Kings H4428 daughters H1323 women H3368 hand H3225 stands H5324 (H8738) queen H7694 gold H3800 Ophir...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    PROCEEDING TO THE ROYAL WEDDING (PSALMS 45:8). Having established the glory of the king's person attention now turns to the Royal Wedding. He is covered in delightful ointments and perfumes, he is wel...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Kings’ daughters were among Thy honourable women._ Upon Thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. THE CONSUMMATION OF MESSIAH’S GLORY AND THE CHURCH’S HAPPINESS I. The general propriety...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 10:11; 1 Kings 2:19; 1 Kings 2:9; Ephesians 5:26; Ephesians

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Among — Among them that attend upon thy spouse, as the manner was in nuptial solemnities. As the queen is the church in general, and so these honourable women are particular believers, who are daily a...

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