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Verse Psalms 45:10. _HEARKEN. O DAUGHTER, AND CONSIDER_] This is the
beginning of the address by the _companions of the bride_ to their
mistress; after having, in the preceding verses, addressed the...
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HEARKEN, O DAUGHTER, AND CONSIDER - This is probably to be understood
as the language of the psalmist, in vision, as uttering counsel and
advice which would be appropriate to the new condition of the...
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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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CONSIDER. see plainly, or observe.
FORGET ALSO THINE OWN PEOPLE. As did Rebekah (Genesis 24:58), and
Rachel (Genesis 31:14), and Asenath (Genesis 41:45), and Ruth (Psa
1:16)....
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_Hearken, O daughter_ The Psalmist adopts the tone of an authoritative
teacher and uses language resembling that of the Wise Man to his
disciples in the opening chapter of Proverbs (Proverbs 1:8, and...
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The poet addresses the bride, counselling her to forget her old home
and surrender herself with complete devotion to her husband, and
describing the honours which await her....
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DISCOURSE: 577
THE DUTY OF THE CHURCH AS MARRIED TO CHRIST
Psalms 45:10. _Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine
ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house. So shall
the...
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HEARKEN, O DAUGHTER, &C.— The prophet here addresses himself to the
bride, that is, the church, Psalms 45:13. _Thine own people, and thy
father's house,_ means, "the religion of the country in which t...
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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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_HEARKEN, O DAUGHTER, AND CONSIDER, AND INCLINE THINE EAR; FORGET ALSO
THINE OWN PEOPLE, AND THY FATHER'S HOUSE;_
Address to the Bride.
HEARKEN, O DAUGHTER, AND CONSIDER, AND INCLINE THINE EAR; FORG...
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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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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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HEARKEN. — The address now turns to the bride....
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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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(i) Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget
also thine own people, and thy father's house;
(i) Under the figure of Pharaoh's daughter, he shows that the Church
must cast off...
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_Shields. Hebrew, "the round things," which some explain, "chariots,"
without need. (Berthier) --- Fire. The Fathers apply this to the peace
which reigned at the birth of Christ, or to that which Cons...
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This is a tender and affectionate address, to the Church, the Lamb's
wife. And if we suppose God our Father thus speaking to the whole body
of believers, concerning their union with his Son, as our gl...
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10._Hearken, O daughter! and consider _I have no doubt, that what is
here said is spoken of the Egyptian woman, whom the prophet has
described as standing at the right hand of the king. It was not,
in...
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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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HEARKEN, O DAUGHTER, AND CONSIDER, AND INCLINE THINE EAR,.... These
words are either spoken by the prophet, the author of the psalm; or by
the King, the bridegroom himself; or, as others think, by Jeh...
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Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also
thine own people, and thy father's house;
Ver. 10. _Hearken, O daughter, and consider; incline thine ear_] The
prophet's, or rath...
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_Hearken_, &c. The prophet, having hitherto spoken to the bridegroom,
addresses himself now to the bride or queen. _O daughter_ He speaks
like an elder person, and as her spiritual father and counsell...
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Hearken, O daughter, called so by the Bridegroom because she is
begotten and regenerated through the Gospel, 1 Peter 1:23, AND
CONSIDER AND INCLINE THINE EAR, becoming so absorbed in the words of
His...
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The inspired singer now repeats the words with which the King, the
Messiah, addresses His Bride....
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10-17 If we desire to share these blessings, we must hearken to
Christ's word. We must forget our carnal and sinful attachments and
pursuits. He must be our Lord as well as our Saviour; all idols mus...
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HEARKEN: these words are spoken, either,
1. In the person of the attendants upon the bride or bridegroom. Or,
2. Of the bridegroom. Or rather,
3. By the prophet himself; who having hitherto spoken t...
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Psalms 45:10 Listen H8085 (H8798) daughter H1323 Consider H7200
(H8798) incline H5186 (H8685) ear H241 Forget...
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ADVICE GIVEN TO THE BRIDE (PSALMS 45:10).
The bride is advised to forget her past life and to look forward to
her glorious future. She may well never have met her husband-to-be,
and was probably feeli...
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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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_Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear._
; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house.
THE BRIDEGROOM’S CALL TO THE BRIDE
Christ and His Church are the subject of this...
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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 45:10 The song turns to the bride (O DAUGHTER).
Her loyalty now is to her husband (THE KING), no longer to her
FATHER’S HOUSE. The reference to her...
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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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2 Corinthians 5:16; 2 Corinthians 6:17; 2 Corinthians 6:18; 2
Corinthians 7:1;...
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Hearken — The prophet having hitherto spoken to the bridegroom, now
addresseth his speech to the bride. O daughter — He speaks like an
elder person, and as her spiritual father and counsellor. Incline...