What does Psalms 45:2 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever."
Verse Psalms 45:2. _THOU ART FAIRER THAN THE CHILDREN OF MEN_] By whom are these words spoken? As this is a regular epithalamium, we are to consider that the bride and bridegroom have compliments pai...
THOU ART FAIRER THAN THE CHILDREN OF MEN - That is, Thou art more fair and comely than men; thy comeliness is greater than that which is found among men. In other words, Thou art beautiful beyond any...
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...
FAIRER: i.e. in His glory which follows the suffering described in Isaiah 52:14; Isaiah 53:2. CHILDREN. sons. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
_Thou art fairer_&c. Personal beauty was always regarded as a qualification for a ruler, partly on account of its intrinsic attractiveness, partly as the index of a noble nature. Cp. 1 Samuel 9:2; 1Sa...
GRACE IS POURED INTO THY LIPS— Hebrew, _Grace is poured upon thy lips._ The former part of the verse describes the beauty of the king's person; this, his eloquence and gracefulness of address. In this...
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...
_THOU ART FAIRER THAN THE CHILDREN OF MEN: GRACE IS POURED INTO THY LIPS: THEREFORE GOD HATH BLESSED THEE FOR EVER._ Thou art fairer than the children of men. The Hebrew is a peculiarly intensive for...
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 (Psalm...
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...
THOU ART FAIRER. — Better, _Fair art thou; aye, fairer than,_ &c. We may thus reproduce the Hebrew expression, which, however, grammatically explained, must convey this emphasis. The old versions rend...
_[Psalms 45:3]_ יָפְיָפִ֡יתָ מִ בְּנֵ֬י אָדָ֗ם ה֣וּצַק חֵ֭ן בְּ שְׂפְתֹותֶ֑יךָ עַל ־כֵּ֤ן בֵּֽרַכְךָ֖ אֱלֹהִ֣ים...
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 Heb...
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...
Thou art (c) fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. (c) Solomon's beauty and eloquence to win favour with his people, and his power...
_Troubles. Those of English Catholics have been very great; yet they increase. (Worthington)_...
Nothing can be more beautiful than this abrupt way of discourse. The prophet sets out with a professed design to speak of the King. But, as if, in the moment he had so intended, the glorious Person, o...
2._Thou art fairer than the sons of men. _The Psalmist commences his subject with the commendation of the beauty of the king, and then he proceeds also to praise his eloquence. Personal excellence is...
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...
THOU ART FAIRER THAN THE CHILDREN OF MEN,.... Here begins the psalm, and this is an address to the King Messiah, the subject of it, commending him for his beauty and comeliness; which is not to be und...
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Ver. 2. _Thou art fairer than the children of men_] Heb. Thou art double fairer. The...
_Thou art fairer_ More beautiful and amiable; _than the children of men_ Than all other men. Which is most true of Christ, but not of Solomon; whom many have excelled, if not in wisdom, yet in holines...
THE ANOINTED OF GOD THE BRIDEGROOM OF THE CHURCH. To the chief musician, for use in public worship, upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, a didactic poem, a song of loves. One of the membe...
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...
FAIRER, or, _more beautiful_, i.e. lovely and amiable. He speaks not here so much of this outward beauty, which, though it be an ornament both to a bridegroom and to a king, yet is not very considerab...
Psalms 45:2 fairer H3302 (H8795) sons H1121 men H120 Grace H2580 poured H3332 (H8717) lips H8193 God H430 blessed H1288 (H8765) forever H5769 fairer - Song of Solomon 2:3, Song of Solomon 5:10-16;...
THE KING'S SPLENDOUR (PSALMS 45:2). Psalms 45:2 ‘You are fairer than the children of men, Grace is poured into your lips, Therefore God has blessed you for ever.' ‘You are fairer than the childre...
Psalms 45:2 I. The Messiah is "fairer than the children of men" as the Son of God. Children of men are born in time; the Messiah was in the beginning with God. They have only a creature nature; He ha...
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 beginn...
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 2 Samuel 7:...
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...
Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 1:4; Hebrews 7:26; Isaiah 50:4; John 1:14; John 7:46; Luke 4:22; Matthew 17:2; Philippians 2:9;...
Fairer — Than all other men: which is most true of Christ; but not of Solomon; whom many have excelled, in holiness and righteousness, which is the chief part of the beauty celebrated in this psalm. G...