Psalms 45:1

_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 warlike character of the King, Psalms 45:3) shows that Messiah alone is the ultimate reference. Hebrews 1:7 decides this. Only on the view that the marriage is that of King Messiah, the antitype of warlike David and of peaceful Solomon, to Israel and His Church, can the admission of an Epithalamium into the Canon be accounted for. Moreover, He is described as divine ...

1_My heart is boiling over _(157) _with a good matter _This preface shows sufficiently that the subject of the psalm is no common one; for whoever the author of it may have been, he here intimates, at the very outset, that he will treat of great and glorious things. The Holy Spirit is not accustomed to inspire the servants of God to utter great swelling words, and to pour forth empty sounds into the air; and, therefore, we may naturally conclude, that the subject here treated of is not merely a transitory and earthly kingdom, but sortie-thing more excellent. Were not this the case, what end would it serve to announce, as the prophet does in such a magnificent style, that his heart _was boiling over, _from his ardent desire to be employed in rehearsing the praises of the king? Some prefer to translate the word _to utter; _but the other signification of the word appears to me to be more ap...

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 matter is not more the subject of our discourse. There is more in Christ to engage our love, than there is or can be in any creature. This world and its charms are ready to draw away our hearts from Christ; therefore we are concerned to understand how much more worthy he is of our love. By his word, his promise, his gospel, the good will of God is made known to us, and the good work of God is begun and carried on in us. The psalmist, ver. Psalms 45:3, joyfully foretells the progress and success of the Messiah. The arrows of conviction are very terrible in the hearts of sinners, till they are humbled and reconciled; but the arrows of vengeance will be more so to his enemies who refuse to sub...

PSALM XLV _The contents of this Psalm are generally summed up thus: The_ _majesty and grace of Christ's kingdom; or an epithalamium of_ _Jesus Christ and the Christian Church; the duty of this Church,_ _and its privileges. The Psalm contains a magnificent_ _description of the beauty, ornaments, valour, justice, and_ _truth of the Divine Bridegroom; the beauty, magnificence, and_ _riches of the bride, who was to become mother of a numerous and_ _powerful posterity. The preamble is found in the title and_ _verse_...

MY HEART IS INDITING - That is, I am engaged in inditing a good matter; though implying at the same time that it was a work of the heart - a work in which the heart was engaged. It was not a mere production of the intellect; not a mere work of skill; not a mere display of the beauty of song, but a work in which the affections particularly were engaged, and which would express the feelings of the heart: the result or effusion of sincere love. The word rendered is “inditing” - רחשׁ _râchash_ - is rendered in the margin, boileth or bubbleth up. It means properly to boil up or over, as a fountain; and the idea here is that his heart boiled over with emotions of love; it was full and overflowing; it found expression in the words of this song. The Hebrew word does not occur elsewhere in the Bible. A GOOD MATTER - literally, a good word; that is, it was something which he was

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 Israel or Judah. The marriage of Ahab with Jezebel, and that of Jehoram of Judah with Athaliah, have been specially suggested; also Solomon's marriage with an Egyptian princess. But the imagery of the psalm is altogether too exalted, and its phrases too peculiar (Psalms 45:2, Psalms 45:6, Psalms 45:11, Psalms 45:16, Psalms 45:17), to su

MY HEART IS INDITING A GOOD MATTER,.... What is valuable and excellent, concerning the excellency of Christ's person, of his kingdom, of his love to the church, and of the church itself; what is pleasant and delightful, comfortable, useful, and profitable: this his heart was inditing; which shows that it was under the sanctifying influences of the Holy Spirit, and denotes the fervour of it; it "boiling up", as the word x signifies; being heated by the fire of the divine Spirit, whereby it was hot within him, and caused him to speak with his tongue; and also the abundance that was in it, it "bubbling up" y, as some choose to render it: from whence this good matter flowed like water out of a fountain; I SPEAK OF THE THINGS WHICH I HAVE MADE TOUCHING THE KING; the King Messiah; the King of the whole world, and of the kings of it, and of the saints in it; over whom he reigns in a spiritual...

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 a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer._ Sometimes the heart could speak if it could move the tongue; but it is a blessed time with us when, first of all, the heart is fully warmed with love, and then the fire within burns the strings that tie the tongue, and the tongue begins to move right joyously in expressing the heart's love. May it be so with us tonight who have to preach. May it be so with all our brethren who have, in public, either to preach or to pray. Psalms 45:2. Thou art fairer than the child

SHOSHANNIM Shoshannim, "lilies," and so, the spring; the Shoshannim Psalms were probably connected with the Passover season, and hence reminders of redemption out of bondage, and of the origins of Israel. KING This great psalm of the King, with Psalms 46-47, obviously looks forward to the advent in glory. The reference in (Hebrews 1:8); (Hebrews 1:9) is not so much to the anointing as an event (Matthew 3:16); (Matthew 3:17) as to the permanent state of the King. Compare (Isaiah 11:1). The divisions 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 kingdom (Psalms 45:9) This beautiful Psalm, a perfect gem, gives the answer to the prayer of distress, “Arise for our help”, with which the preceding Psalm closed. It is also a Maschil Psalm and a traditional view claims Solomon as the author. And how the critics have laboured, without success, to explain away its Messianic meaning! The Jews have borne witness to this fact. The Chaldean Targum paraphrases verse 2 by saying, “T