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Psalms 45:3

Instead of praising the king's strength and courage in the abstract, the Psalmist bids him use them in the cause of truth and right.

Omost mighty O mighty hero.

with thy glory and thy majesty It is better to repeat the verb: (gird on) thy honour and thy majesty. Honour and majesty are Divine attributes, reflected in the person of the victorious King who is Jehovah's representative. Cp. Psalms 96:6; Psalms 104:1; Psalms 145:5; with Psalms 21:5.

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See also Psalms 45:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 45:3. _GIRD THY SWORD UPON_ THY _THIGH, O_ MOST _MIGHTY_] This clause should be translated, _O hero, gird thy sword upon thy_ _thigh_! This, I think, cannot be spoken of Solomon. He was...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    GIRD THY SWORD UPON THY THIGH - That is, Arm or prepare thyself for battle and conquest. The Messiah is introduced here as a conquering king; as about to go forward to subdue the nations to himself; a...

  • 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

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MOST MIGHTY. mighty One. _Hebrew gibbor._ With thy glory. Supply _Ellipsis_ (App-6), by repeating "[Gird thee] with Thy glory"....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 575 THE REIGN OF CHRIST DESIRED Psalms 45:3._ Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth and meekn...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    GIRD THY SWORD, &C.— This is meant of Christ's coming victoriously to set up his spiritual kingdom in our hearts, and to rule and reign in them by the power of his grace; in allusion to earthly potent...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _GIRD THY SWORD UPON THY THIGH, O MOST MIGHTY, WITH THY GLORY AND THY MAJESTY._ Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O (Most) Mighty - in order that thou mayest, by destroying thine enemies (cf. the type,...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • 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 ...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thy sword — To smite thine enemies. And the sword is here put for all his arms, as it is in many other places....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

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