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Verse Psalms 45:8. _ALL THY GARMENTS_ SMELL _OF MYRRH_] The Asiatics
are very partial to perfumes; every thing with them is perfumed, and
especially their garments. And the _ivory palaces_ mentioned...
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ALL THY GARMENTS SMELL OF MYRRH - The word “smell” is not in the
original. The literal translation would be, “Myrrh, and aloes -
cassia - all thy garments;” that is, they were so impregnated with
perf...
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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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ALL. Supply _Ellipsis_: "[So that] all".
MYRRH, AND ALOES. Compare Exodus 30:23; Exodus 30:24.John 12:3; John
19:39....
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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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The bridegroom appears, arrayed for the marriage, his garments
saturated with costly perfumes, brought from distant lands. _Myrrh_was
a product of Arabia: _aloes_here denotes the perfumed wood of an
I...
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ALL THY GARMENTS SMELL OF MYRRH, &C.— The aloes commonly known in
England, to be used by the practitioners in physic, is found to be far
from a perfume. It may be proper, therefore, to observe, that 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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_ALL THY GARMENTS SMELL OF MYRRH, AND ALOES, AND CASSIA, OUT OF THE
IVORY PALACES, WHEREBY THEY HAVE MADE THEE GLAD._
All thy garments (smell) of myrrh, and aloes, (and) cassia. Cassia is
'a bark lik...
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45:8 glad. (a-18) Or 'from which they have gladdened thee.'...
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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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MYRRH.. ALOES.. CASSIA] These perfumes are not the substances now so
named. Ivory palaces] palatial chambers ornamented with inlaid ivory
work. Ahab had such a palace (1 Kings 22:39 : cp. Amos 3:15)....
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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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ALL THY GARMENTS SMELL OF... — Or, perhaps, from the last verse (and
comparing Psalms 133:2, and the customs there referred to), _are
anointed with._ The spices mentioned may have been ingredients of...
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_[Psalms 45:9]_ מֹר ־וַ אֲהָלֹ֣ות קְ֭צִיעֹות
כָּל...
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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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How beautiful a description is here given of the glories of Christ's
person, in his garments of salvation, and of the loveliness both of
the Church, as one collected body united to their glorious Head...
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8._All thy garments smell of myrrh _As to the signification of the
words I am not disposed to contend much, for I find that even the Jews
are not agreed among themselves as to the meaning of the third...
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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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ALL THY GARMENTS [SMELL] OF MYRRH, AND ALOES, [AND] CASSIA,.... Either
his human nature, as anointed with the oil of gladness, and filled
with the graces of the Spirit, signified by the holy anointing...
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All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the
ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Ver. 8. _All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia_] Things
not only o...
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_All thy garments smell of myrrh_, &c. Wherewith they used to perfume
their garments, Genesis 27:27. This may denote those glorious and
sweet-smelling virtues, which, as they were treasured up inwardl...
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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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All Thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia, being perfumed
with the most costly ointments and spices; OUT OF THE IVORY PALACES,
WHEREBY THEY HAVE MADE THEE GLAD, rather, from the palaces of...
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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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WITH MYRRH, AND ALOES, AND CASSIA they used to perfume their garments:
see GENESIS 27:27. This may denote those glorious and sweet-smelling
virtues, which as they were treasured up inwardly in Christ'...
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Psalms 45:8 garments H899 myrrh H4753 aloes H174 cassia H7102 ivory
H8127 palaces H1964 which H4482 glad H8055 ...
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PROCEEDING TO THE ROYAL WEDDING (PSALMS 45:8).
Having established the glory of the king's person attention now turns
to the Royal Wedding. He is covered in delightful ointments and
perfumes, he is wel...
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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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_All Thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the
ivory palaces._
OUT OF THE IVORY PALACES
I look upon the kingly robes of Christ; and as I lift them, flashing
with eternal jewels,...
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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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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 22:39; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Amos 3:15; Exodus 30:23; Exod
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Myrrh — Wherewith they used to perfume their garments: this may
denote those glorious and sweet smelling virtues, which, as they were
treasured up in Christ's heart, so did they manifest themselves
ou...