Psalms 45:1
“For the leader of the music. To be accompanied with the Shoshannim. A song of loveliness by the sons of Korah.” My heart is overflowing with a good matter; I will address my work to the king: May my tongue be like the pen of a ready writer!
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Job 32:18For I am full of matter; The spirit within me constraineth me.
Job 34:4Let us examine for ourselves what is right; Let us know among ourselves what is true.
Psalms 24:7Lift up your heads, O ye gates! Lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, That the king of glory may come in!
Psalms 49:3My mouth shall speak wisdom, And the meditation of my mind shall be understanding.
Psalms 80:1“For the leader of the music. Upon the Shushan-Eduth. A psalm of Asaph.” Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel! Thou who leadest Joseph like a flock, Thou who sittest between the cherubs, shine forth!
Matthew Henry on Psalms 45:1
This psalm is an illustrious prophecy of Messiah the Prince: it is all over gospel, and points at him only, as a bridegroom espousing the church to himself and as a king ruling in it and ruling for it. It is probable that our Saviour has reference to this psalm when he compares the kingdom of heaven, more than once, to a nuptial solemnity, the solemnity of a royal nuptial, Matt. xxii. 2 ; xxv. 1 . We have no reason to think it has any reference to Solomon's marriage with Pharaoh's daughter; if I thought that it… Read the whole commentary →