Psalms 45:6 - Exposition

Thy throne, O God . So the LXX ; the Epistle to the Hebrews ( Hebrews 1:8 ), the Chaldee paraphrase, and, among critics, Rosenmuller, Hengstenberg, Kay, Professor Alexander, and Canon Cook. The renderings proposed by Gesenius, Ewald, and the anti-Messianic school generally are wholly untenable, as Hengstenberg has clearly shown. The psalmist's intention is to address the King, whom he has already declared to be more than man ( Psalms 45:2 ), as "God." Is for ever and ever . A dominion to which there will never be any end. This is never said, and could not be truly said, of any earthly kingdom. When perpetuity is promised to the throne of David ( 2 Samuel 7:13-16 ; Psalms 89:4 , Psalms 89:36 , Psalms 89:37 ), it is to that throne as continued in the reign of David's Son, Messiah. The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre ; literally, a sceptre of rectitude (comp. Psalms 67:4 ; Psalms 96:10 ).