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 a good matter: I speak of the
things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a... [ Continue Reading ]
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 love him
most, and the Psalm is most of all a Maschil, a Psalm of instruction,
when we are taught to... [ Continue Reading ]
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 verse of the previous Psalm, «Thou art my King, O
God.» «I speak of the things which I have made touch... [ Continue Reading ]
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 is
written, too, upon the same subject, and that is not the marriage of
Solomon with Pharaoh's daug... [ Continue Reading ]