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Psalms 45:1-5

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 members of the Korahite family composed this wonderful song by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, upon Shoshannim, that is, on or of the lilies, namely, in a figurative sense, partly explained in the words, "a song of loves," the plural referring to the bridal virgins and typifying the bride herself. The psalm is a song of the Bride, of the beloved of the great Bridegroom, the Messiah, and the plural is used because all the beloved of the King are united in the figure of the one who is His heart's delight, His Church.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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 Chur...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 prod...

  • 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

    TITLE. FOR THE SONS OF KORAH. By, &c. The third of nine so ascribed. See Title, Psalms 42, and App-63. MASCHIL . giving instruction. The fourth of thirteen so named. See Title, Psalms 32, and App-65....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Introduction and dedication. _My heart_&c. Better, My heart bubbleth over with goodly words. The nobility of his subject inspires him with an impulse which will not be restrained. _I speak of the thi...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _The majesty and grace of Christ's kingdom. The duty of the church, and the benefits thereof._ To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil. A Song of Loves. _Title._ שׁשׁני...

  • 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

    _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. Solomo...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    45:1 Shoshannim. (f-6) Meaning, 'Lilies.' composed (g-34) Or 'my occupation,' as Genesis 46:33 ....

  • 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

    IS INDITING, etc.] RV 'overfloweth with a goodly matter.' I SPEAK, etc.] RM 'I speak: my work is for a king.'...

  • 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

    INDITING. — A most unhappy rendering of a word, which, though only used here, must, from the meaning of its derivative (a “pot,” or “cauldron”), have something to do with a _liquid,_ and means either...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לַ † מְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל ־שֹׁ֭שַׁנִּים לִ בְנֵי...

  • 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

    "To the chief Musician upon (a) Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of (b) loves." My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tong...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    It may allude to the defeat of Sennacherib, (Houbigant) or might be sung by the Corites at the dedication of the second temple, when peace was restored to the world, after the death of Cambyses, Ezech...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS Here is another Psalm of gospel grace and truth, in which the Redeemer of his Church is celebrated in a Most illustrious strain of prophecy, as the Husband and Conqueror of his Church. And t...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    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 pleas...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Psalms 45:1 «To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. » My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Psa. 45. The great agreement between the _Book of Solomon's Song_ and the 45th Psalm, and the express and full testimonies of the New Testament for the authority and divine inspiration of that Psalm i...

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

    _My heart is enditing a good matter_ I am about to utter, not rash, vain, or foolish, much less false words, but such as proceed from my very heart, and most cordial affections; and are the result of...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    INDITING: _ Heb._ boileth or bublleth up...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    PSALM 45 THE ARGUMENT The subject matter of this Psalm is by the consent both of Jewish and Christian, ancient and modern, interpreters agreed to be the Messias, and his marriage with the church of Go...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 45:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Lillies H7799 Contemplation H4905 (H8688) sons H1121 Korah H7141 Song H7892 Love...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PSALMIST INDICATES THE JOY WITH WHICH HE WRITES (PSALMS 45:1) Psalms 45:1 ‘My heart overflows with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king. My tongue is the pen...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    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 Is...

  • 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...

  • 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

    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

    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...

  • 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

    _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 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

    2 Peter 1:21; 2 Samuel 23:2; Isaiah 32:1; Isaiah 32:2; Job 32:18;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Enditing — Heb. boileth, or bubbleth up like water over the fire. This denotes that the workings of his heart, were fervent and vehement, kindled by God's grace, and the inspiration of the Holy Ghost....

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