Psalms 45:6

Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.

Ver. 6. Thy throne, O God] Here the prophet directeth his speech not to Solomon (who never took upon him the name of God, as did Sesostris, king of Egypt, Antiochus Yεος, Caligula, and some other proud princes), but to Christ, Hebrews 1:8, who is God, blessed for ever, αυτοθεος, not so called by an excellence only, as the angels are, Psa 8:5 Hebrews 2:1,9, nor by office and title only, as magistrates are gods, Psalms 82:6, nor catachrestically and ironically so called, as the heathen gods, nor a diminutive god, inferior to the Father, as Arius held, but God by nature, every way co-essential, co-eternal, and co-equal with the Father and the Holy Ghost, Joh 1:1 Philippians 2:6 1 John 5:20. Hold this fast; for it is the rock, Matthew 16:16; it is of the very foundation; so that if we believe it not there is no heaven to be had, 1 John 5:20. As for his kingly office here described, it belongeth to him as Mediator, and what is here spoken of him is to be understood of his whole person; for so is he Head of the Church, and King of Israel, for ever.

The sceptre of thy kingdom, &c.] Thy government is not with rigour, but with righteousness; thou camest rightly by it, casting out Satan the usurper, Mat 12:29 Hebrews 2:14; and dost most righteously administer it, Deuteronomy 4:8 .