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See also Psalms 45:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 45:16. _INSTEAD OF THY FATHERS SHALT BE THY CHILDREN_] This is the _third_ part, or prophetic declaration relative to the numerous and powerful issue of this marriage. Instead of the kin...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    INSTEAD OF THY FATHERS SHALL BE THY CHILDREN - Instead of thy fame - thy celebrity - thy distinction - being derived from thine illustrious predecessors, it will be derived hereafter rather from thy s...

  • 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

    THY... THY. Hebrew text, these pronouns are masculine; but the Syriac reads them feminine. In this case they agree with and perfect the Structure above....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Instead of thy fathers_&c. The wish does not, as is sometimes said, imply a long line of royal ancestors, and therefore exclude the reference of the Psalm to Solomon, but rather the reverse. If he ca...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Concluding wishes and anticipations addressed to the king....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 578 THE CHURCH’S BEAUTY AND HAPPINESS Psalms 45:13. _The King’s daughter is all glorious within; her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle-wo...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    INSTEAD OF THY FATHERS, &C.— i.e. "Instead of the patriarchs, of their descent from whom the Jews were apt to boast, shall be pastors and ecclesiastical rulers throughout the world, and, at length, th...

  • 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

    _INSTEAD OF THY FATHERS SHALL BE THY CHILDREN, WHOM THOU MAYEST MAKE PRINCES IN ALL THE EARTH._ Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. A princel...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    45:16 earth. (e-17) As Psalms 58:2 ....

  • 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

    INSTEAD OF THY FATHERS, etc.] A distinguished posterity is better than a long ancestry, which was lacking in Solomon's case. MAYEST MAKE] RV 'shalt make.' IN ALL THE EARTH] a world-wide dominion is p...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 45:17]_ תַּ֣חַת אֲ֭בֹתֶיךָ יִהְי֣וּ בָנֶ֑יךָ תְּשִׁיתֵ֥מֹו

  • 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

    Instead of thy fathers shall be thy (m) children, whom thou mayest make princes (n) in all the earth. (m) They will have greater graces than their fathers. (n) He signifies the great compass of Chri...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What a vast multitude of souls begotten to Christ will appear in that day! So numerous, indeed, that even the Redeemer himself is represented, under the spirit of prophecy, as if expressing his astoni...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    16_Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children _This also serves to show the glory and transcendent excellence of this kingdom, namely, that the children will not be inferior in dignity to their fath...

  • 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

    INSTEAD OF THY FATHERS SHALL BE THY CHILDREN,.... This is an address, not to the church, the queen, the King's daughter, spoken to and of in the preceding verses, but to the King Messiah himself, who...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. Ver. 16. _Instead of thy fathers, &c._] The Church shall still bring forth children to her husband Christ...

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

    _Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children_, &c. Having directed his speech to the bride, he now returns to the bridegroom, as may be gathered both from the Hebrew words, which are of the masculine...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The inspired singer now repeats the words with which the King, the Messiah, addresses His Bride....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Having directed his speech to the bride, he now returns to the bridegroom, as may be gathered both from the Hebrew words, which are of the masculine gender; and from the next verse, which unquestionab...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 45:16 fathers H1 sons H1121 make H7896 (H8799) princes H8269 earth H776 Instead - Psalms

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CONCLUDING PROMISES TO THE KING (PSALMS 45:16). Psalms 45:16 ‘Instead of your fathers will be your children, Whom you will make princes in all the earth. I will make your name to be remembered in...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 45:16 I. Christ's princes are princes born. The reason is that their birth is a new one, and any child may have it. Into the world in which Christ's princes are born no one can bring them but...

  • 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

    _Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children._ CHRISTIAN SUCCESSION An intelligent grasp of this truth is fatal to pessimists, who go about the country crying failure in the Church and the final de...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 45:16 The song speaks of the king’s enduring line. The marriage of a Davidic king is not a private matter. It is crucial for the fulfilling of God’s promises, not simply to Israel...

  • 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

    1 Peter 2:9; Galatians 4:26; Galatians 4:27; Isaiah 49:21; Isaiah 49:

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Instead — Having directed his speech to the bride, he now returns to the bridegroom, as may be gathered both from the Hebrew words, which are of the masculine gender; and from the next verse, which un...

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