Psalm 45

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To the choirmaster, according to “Shoshanim”. 

A Maskil of the Sons of Korah; a love song

The Poet (A):

1 – My heart is astir with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

The King

1 – His Blessing from God

2 – You are the most beautiful of the sons of Adam. Grace is poured upon Your lips, therefore God has blessed You forever.

2 – His Truth & Righteousness

3-4- Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O mighty one, in Your majesty and splendor! ⁴ In Your majesty ride out victor-iously for the cause of (a) truth and (b) meekness and (c) righteousness. Let Your right hand teach You awesome deeds!

3 – His Victory

5 – Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; the peoples fall under You.

 4 – His Divinity

6a- Your throne, O Elohim, is forever and ever.

5 – His Anointing & Rule

6b-7 – The scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of upright-ness. ⁷ You have loved righteousness and hated wicked-ness. Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness beyond Your companions.

6 – His Attire

8 – Myrrh, aloes, and cassia are [the fragrance] of all Your garments. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make You glad.

7 – His Entourage

9 – Daughters of kings are among Your precious ones. Erect stands the queen at Your right hand in gold of Ophir.

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The Queen

1 – Her Redemption

10 – (a) Hear, daughter, and (b) see, and (c) incline your ear, and (d) forget your people and your father’s house.

2 – Her Devotion

11 – Then the King will desire your beauty, for He is your Lord, bow to Him.

3 – Her Pre-Eminence

12 – The daughter of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts, the richest of the people.

4 – Her Glory

13- The King’s daughter is all glorious within , more than the golden settings is her raiment.

5 – Her Clothing

14a – In many-colored robes she is led to the King.

6 – Her Entourage

14b-15 – Her virgin friends follow after her, they are led to You. With joy and gladness they are led along as they enter the palace of the King.

7 – Her Future

16 – In place of your fathers shall be your sons; you will make them princes in all the earth.

The Poet (B):

17 – I will cause Your name to be remembered in all generations, that the peoples will do homage to You forever and ever.

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REFERENCES:

Isaiah 62:5  For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.

Verse 4

 Psalm 104:1-2  Bless Adonai, O my soul! Adonai my God, You are very great! You are clothed with majesty(הוד, hod) and splendor(הדור, hador), covering Yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a curtain.

Numbers 27:20  You shall invest [Joshua] with some of your majesty (הוד, hod), that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey.

Verse 5

Genesis 49:23  The masters of arrows(חץ, cheitz) bitterly attacked [Joseph], shot at him, and harassed him severely. (1^st occ.)

Verse 6a

Hebrews 1:7-9  And of the angels He says, “Who makes His angels winds, and His ministers a flame of fire.” But of the Son He says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your companions.”

Verse 6b

Genesis 49:10  The scepter (שבט, shevet) shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. (1^st occ.)

Verse 9

1Kings 9:28  And they went to Ophir and brought from there gold, 420 talents, and they brought it to King Solomon.

1Kings 10:11  Moreover, the fleet of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir a very great amount of sandalwood trees and precious stones.

Verse 10

Matthew 10:37  “Whoever loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.”

Verse 12

2Samuel 5:11  And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.

1Kings 5:10  So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired.

Verse 14b

Zechariah 8:23  Thus says Adonai of hosts: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”