Darby's translation notes (1890)
Psalms 45:8
45:8 glad. (a-18) Or 'from which they have gladdened thee.'
45:8 glad. (a-18) Or 'from which they have gladdened thee.'
Verse Psalms 45:8. _ALL THY GARMENTS_ SMELL _OF MYRRH_] The Asiatics are very partial to perfumes; every thing with them is perfumed, and especially their garments. And the _ivory palaces_ mentioned...
ALL THY GARMENTS SMELL OF MYRRH - The word “smell” is not in the original. The literal translation would be, “Myrrh, and aloes - cassia - all thy garments;” that is, they were so impregnated with perf...
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...
ALL. Supply _Ellipsis_: "[So that] all". MYRRH, AND ALOES. Compare Exodus 30:23; Exodus 30:24.John 12:3; John 19:39....
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...
The bridegroom appears, arrayed for the marriage, his garments saturated with costly perfumes, brought from distant lands. _Myrrh_was a product of Arabia: _aloes_here denotes the perfumed wood of an I...
ALL THY GARMENTS SMELL OF MYRRH, &C.— The aloes commonly known in England, to be used by the practitioners in physic, is found to be far from a perfume. It may be proper, therefore, to observe, that t...
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...
_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 lik...
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 ...
MYRRH.. ALOES.. CASSIA] These perfumes are not the substances now so named. Ivory palaces] palatial chambers ornamented with inlaid ivory work. Ahab had such a palace (1 Kings 22:39 : cp. Amos 3:15)....
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...
ALL THY GARMENTS SMELL OF... — Or, perhaps, from the last verse (and comparing Psalms 133:2, and the customs there referred to), _are anointed with._ The spices mentioned may have been ingredients of...
_[Psalms 45:9]_ מֹר ־וַ אֲהָלֹ֣ות קְ֭צִיעֹות כָּל...
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...
All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, (g) whereby they have made thee glad. (g) In which the people made you joyful to see them give thanks and rejoice...
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...
8._All thy garments smell of myrrh _As to the signification of the words I am not disposed to contend much, for I find that even the Jews are not agreed among themselves as to the meaning of the third...
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...
ALL THY GARMENTS [SMELL] OF MYRRH, AND ALOES, [AND] CASSIA,.... Either his human nature, as anointed with the oil of gladness, and filled with the graces of the Spirit, signified by the holy anointing...
All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. Ver. 8. _All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia_] Things not only o...
_All thy garments smell of myrrh_, &c. Wherewith they used to perfume their garments, Genesis 27:27. This may denote those glorious and sweet-smelling virtues, which, as they were treasured up inwardl...
From the description of the King's majesty the writer now turns to a hymn of praise and worship....
All Thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia, being perfumed with the most costly ointments and spices; OUT OF THE IVORY PALACES, WHEREBY THEY HAVE MADE THEE GLAD, rather, from the palaces of...
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...
WITH MYRRH, AND ALOES, AND CASSIA they used to perfume their garments: see GENESIS 27:27. This may denote those glorious and sweet-smelling virtues, which as they were treasured up inwardly in Christ'...
Psalms 45:8 garments H899 myrrh H4753 aloes H174 cassia H7102 ivory H8127 palaces H1964 which H4482 glad H8055 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_All Thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces._ OUT OF THE IVORY PALACES I look upon the kingly robes of Christ; and as I lift them, flashing with eternal jewels,...
_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...
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...
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....
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...
1 Kings 22:39; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Amos 3:15; Exodus 30:23; Exod
Myrrh — Wherewith they used to perfume their garments: this may denote those glorious and sweet smelling virtues, which, as they were treasured up in Christ's heart, so did they manifest themselves ou...