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Verse Psalms 45:7. _OIL OF GLADNESS_] As an evidence that all causes
of _mourning, sorrow_, and _death_, were at an end; as in the state of
mourning the ancients did not anoint themselves.
I have me...
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THOU LOVEST RIGHTEOUSNESS ... - See this verse explained in the notes
at Hebrews 1:9, where it is applied to the Messiah. The word “God”
is rendered in the margin “O God”; “O God, thy God, hath
anoint...
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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...
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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...
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WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44.
ANOINTED. Hence His name Messiah (Greek. Christ). the anointed one.
FELLOWS. companions....
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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...
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_Thou lovest_&c. Or, as R.V., Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated
wickedness. "I have loved justice and hated iniquity, and therefore I
die in exile" were the last memorable words of Gregory VII....
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DISCOURSE: 576
BENEFITS ATTENDANT ON HOLINESS
Psalms 45:7. _Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness
above thy fellows._
T...
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THY GOD HATH ANOINTED THEE— Christ is emphatically, _The Anointed;_
Luke 4:18.; Acts 10:38. Kings, priests, and prophets, were anointed
when they entered upon their several offices. Christ was anointe...
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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...
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_THOU LOVEST RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND HATEST WICKEDNESS: THEREFORE GOD, THY
GOD, HATH ANOINTED THEE WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE THY FELLOWS._
From praising the King the Psalmist passes to the royal marri...
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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 ...
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OIL OF GLADNESS] the oil, not of the coronation, but of a festive
occasion....
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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...
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THE OIL OF GLADNESS. — Comp. “oil of joy,” Isaiah 61:3. Here too
it may be merely employed as a figure of happiness, but the bath and,
no doubt, subsequent anointing, formed part of the Oriental marri...
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_[Psalms 45:8]_ אָהַ֣בְתָּ צֶּדֶק֮ וַ
תִּשְׂנָ֫א רֶ֥שַׁע...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy
God, hath (f) anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows.
(f) Has established your kingdom as the figure of Christ,...
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_Trembled. We have witnessed the commotions in the East, under Cyrus,
and his son; the latter of whom seems to be styled Gog, (Ezechiel
xxxviii. 19.) and perished in Judea, which he intended to plunde...
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Here we find Christ returned from the holy war, and sat down on the
seat of the Conqueror. And we have God the Father speaking to this
glorious Mediator, this triumphant king in Zion, and declaring th...
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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...
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THOU LOVEST RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... Either righteous persons, whom his
countenance beholds, on whom his eyes are, and from whom they are
never withdrawn, and with whom he is exceedingly delighted: or
right...
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Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy
God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Ver. 7. _Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedhess_] So...
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_Thou lovest righteousness_, &c. Thou not only doest that which is
good, and avoidest that which is evil, which even bad princes and men
may do, and often actually do for political and prudential reas...
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From the description of the King's majesty the writer now turns to a
hymn of praise and worship....
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Thou lovest righteousness and hatest wickedness, the King Himself,
coequal with God, hates the evil and loves the good, He causes
righteousness to be applied in the government of His kingdom by
mercif...
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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...
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Thou dost not only do that which is good, and avoid that which is
evil; which even bad princes and men may do, and sometimes actually
do, for politic or prudential reasons; but thou dost this sincerel...
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Psalms 45:7 love H157 (H8804) righteousness H6664 hate H8130 (H8799)
wickedness H7562 God H430 God H430 anointed...
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A DESCRIPTION OF THE KING'S GLORY (PSALMS 45:2).
His description of the bridegroom's glory follows a carefully
constructed pattern.
1) Firstly he describes the king's splendour (Psalms 45:2). He is...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Thy God hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy
fellows._
THE GLADNESS OF JESUS
This is our exceeding joy--the gladness of Him who loved us and gave
Himself for us. Yet it is not a mat...
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_Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever._
THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST, AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM, AND RULED WITH PERFECT
JUSTICE AND EQUITY
I. Show that Zion’s king is God.
1. He is expressly called God in...
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_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...
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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...
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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....
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 45:6 YOUR THRONE, O GOD. The song now speaks to
God about his throne. This refers to the throne that the heir of David
occupies. The psalm goes on to describe the divine ideals fo...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 1:39; 1 Kings 1:40; 1 Kings 19:16; 1 Samuel 16:13; Acts 2:28;...
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Therefore — Therefore God hath exalted thee far above all men and
angels, to a state of joy and endless glory at his right hand; which
is fitly compared by the oil of gladness. Thy God — According to...