Psalms 45:1

לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל ־ שֹׁשַׁנִּים לִבְנֵי ־ קֹרַח מַשְׂכִּיל שִׁיר יְדִידֹֽת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2רָחַשׁ לִבִּי ׀ דָּבָר טוֹב אֹמֵר אָנִי מַעֲשַׂי לְמֶלֶךְ לְשׁוֹנִי עֵט ׀ סוֹפֵר מָהִֽיר ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:2רוּחַ יְהוָה דִּבֶּר ־ בִּי וּמִלָּתוֹ עַל ־ לְשׁוֹנִֽי ׃

Job 32:18כִּי מָלֵתִי מִלִּים הֱצִיקַתְנִי רוּחַ בִּטְנִֽי ׃

Job 34:4מִשְׁפָּט נִבְחֲרָה ־ לָּנוּ נֵדְעָה בֵינֵינוּ מַה ־ טּֽוֹב ׃

Psalms 24:7שְׂאוּ שְׁעָרִים ׀ רָֽאשֵׁיכֶם וְֽהִנָּשְׂאוּ פִּתְחֵי עוֹלָם וְיָבוֹא מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבֽוֹד ׃

Psalms 49:3גַּם ־ בְּנֵי אָדָם גַּם ־ בְּנֵי ־ אִישׁ יַחַד עָשִׁיר וְאֶבְיֽוֹן ׃

Psalms 80:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ אֶל ־ שֹׁשַׁנִּים עֵדוּת לְאָסָף מִזְמֽוֹר ׃

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 →

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