Psalm 45:6

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 45:1-17

The Pattern of Human Gladness Psalms 45:7 We are not accustomed to think of Christ as the pattern of human gladness, but He was so. I. The earthly life of Christ, even in its sorrows, was a life of unparalleled joy. What were the leading characteristics of the life of our Lord in their bearing in this connexion? ( a ) The consciousness of constant Divine communion. Communion with God is gladness. ( b ) Obedience to the will of God is joy. The habit of recognizing the Divine will in all... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 45:1-17

Psalms 45:1-17THIS 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 marriage to an Egyptian princess, to which it is objected that he was not a warrior king, as the monarch of the psalm is. Hitzig regards "daughter of Tyre," in Psalms 45:12 as a vocative, and therefore looks for a king who married a Tyrian woman. He is obliged to go to the northern kingdom to find one,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 45:1-17

Psalms 45:0 The Answer: The King Messiah and His Glory 1. The King in His majesty and power (Psalms 45:1-5 ) 2. His throne and His glory (Psalms 45:6-8 ) 3. With the King, sharing His glory and kingdom (Psalms 45:9-17 ) This beautiful Psalm, a perfect gem, gives the answer to the prayer of distress, “Arise for our help”, with which the preceding Psalm closed. It is also a Maschil Psalm and a traditional view claims Solomon as the author. And how the critics have laboured, without... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 45:6

45:6 Thy {e} throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.(e) Under this figure of this kingdom of justice is set forth the everlasting kingdom of Christ. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 45:1-17

Psalms 38:0 An appeal to God from chastisement because of iniquity (Psalms 38:1-4 ). The mental anguish is described in figures of physical disease, and yet it is not impossible that such disease may have been part of the chastisement (Psalms 38:5-8 ). The desertion of friends and the opposition of enemies also entered into it (Psalms 38:10-17 ). There are verses susceptible of an application to Christ, but others would prevent its application as a whole to him. Psalms 40:0 Messianic (compare... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 45:1-17

Psalms 45:0 [Note. This is a psalm for a special occasion, that occasion being none other than the nuptials of an anointed king. The king is described as beautiful and gracious and blessed for evermore, and as a conqueror whose objects are not dominion and glory, but truth, humility, and righteousness; he is even described as a divine person, worthy of the name of God; he is seated on an everlasting throne, anointed with the oil of gladness, and received with the strains of harps in ivory... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 45:6-7

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 the eternity and righteousness of his kingdom. Reader, do not forget, in this view of the Lord Jesus, that what is here said of him, and to him, is as Mediator: not as God only, but as God in Christ; the union of the manhood with the Godhead, to whom, as Jesus said himself, all power is given, in... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 45:6-9

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 that none of them can feel encouragement to continue in sin. The Mediator is God, else he had been neither able to do the Mediator's work, nor fit to wear the Mediator's crown. God the Father, as his God in respect to his human nature and mediatorial offices, has given to him the Holy Spirit without... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 45:6-9

From the description of the King's majesty the writer now turns to a hymn of praise and worship. v. 6. Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever, the Messiah, true man, at the same time eternal God, Hebrews 1:8; the scepter of Thy kingdom is a right scepter, His dominion is one of rightness, of righteousness and justice. v. 7. 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... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 45:1-17

Psalms 45:0To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A song of loves1 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 ready writer.2 Thou art fairer than the children of men:Grace is poured into thy lips:Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty,With thy glory and thy majesty.4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously,Because of truth... read more