Psalms 45:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. ”

Psalms 45:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty - That is, in consequence of your love to him, and your entire devotion of yourself to him. The word “desire” here is equivalent to having pleasure in;...
Psalms 45:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XLV. A Royal Marriage Song. This Ps. owes its place in the Canon to that allegorical interpretation which has been accepted by the Synagogue and the Church, the Messiah being the bridegroom and Isr...
Psalms 45:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 577 THE DUTY OF THE CHURCH AS MARRIED TO CHRIST Psalms 45:10-11 . Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house. So sh...
Psalms 45:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
Psalms 45:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hearken, O daughter, &c.— The prophet here addresses himself to the bride, that is, the church, Psalms 45:13 . Thine own people, and thy father's house, means, "the religion of the country i...
Psalms 45:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord - Hebrew, 'And let the King (be given, b...
Psalms 45:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The poem celebrates the marriage of a king. After the prelude ( Psalms 45:1 ) come addresses to the royal bridegroom ( Psalms 45:2-9 ) and bride ( Psalms 45:10-12 ), a description of the bridal proce...
Psalms 45:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Worship thou him. — Literally, Bow down or prostrate thyself.
Psalms 45:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 45:1-17 THIS 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...
Psalms 45:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the King's Wedding Song Psalms 45:1-17 Though this psalm was probably composed to celebrate Solomon's marriage with Pharaoh's daughter, we must remember that it is distinctly applied to our Lor...
Psalms 45:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Whether this psalm has, or had, a local application or is wholly idealistic cannot be certainly determined. It matters very little, for it is one of the songs which inevitably is Messianic in its dee...
Psalms 45:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is a tender and affectionate address, to the Church, the Lamb's wife. And if we suppose God our Father thus speaking to the whole body of believers, concerning their union with his Son, as our g...
Psalms 45:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty ,.... Which lies in the comeliness or righteousness of Christ put upon her; in the holiness of Christ reckoned to her; in being washed from all sin in the...
Psalms 45:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he [is] thy Lord; and worship thou him. Ver. 11. So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty ] If thou deny thyself and forego all others to please...
Psalms 45:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty So shalt thou be amiable in the eyes of thy husband, and truly acceptable and dear to him, who, having purchased and betrothed thee to himself, justly re...
Psalms 45:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Glory of the Church. 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and...
Psalms 45:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So doing thou shalt be amiable and acceptable to thy Husband; which will abundantly recompense thee for the loss of thy father's house. He is thy Lord; as he is thy Husband, and also as he is thy K...
Psalms 45:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Advice Given To The Bride ( Psalms 45:10-12 ). The bride is advised to forget her past life and to look forward to her glorious future. She may well never have met her husband-to-be, and was proba...
Psalms 45:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil. A song of loves.” “ To the chief musician .” See notes on the title to Psalms 39 . “ Upon Sho...
Psalms 45:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 45:11 The forty-fifth Psalm is the coronation oath of Christ to His Church. And here are three thoughts strung together to do honour to the occasion Christ's delight in His Church's beauty,...
Psalms 45:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

It is a Psalm of instruction, and yet it is a song of love, for the science of love to Christ is the most excellent of all the sciences. To know Christ is to love him, and we are best instructed who...
Psalms 45:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Meir Arama says, that with the consent of all [the rabbins] this psalm speaks of the Messiah. The Targum also, as far as the eighth verse, expounds it of the Messiah. Their interpretation appears to...
Psalms 45:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

My heart is inditing a good matter; I speak of the things which I have made touching the king. The song of the heavenly nuptials In accordance with unbroken tradition of the Church from the beg...
Psalms 45:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is regarded by some as a simple epithalamium, or nuptial hymn, composed to honour a royal wedding, and sung as part of the wedding ceremony, at the marriage of some king...
Psalms 45:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The inspired singer now repeats the words with which the King, the Messiah, addresses His Bride.
Psalms 45:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:36 ; Ephesians 5:26 ; Ephesians 5:27 ; Isaiah 54:5 ; Isaiah 62:4 ; Isaiah 62:5 ; Jeremiah 23:5 ; Jeremiah 23:6 ; John 20:28 ; John 4:21 ; John 4:22 ; Luke 24:52 ; Philippians 2:1...
Psalms 45:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So — So thou shalt be acceptable to thy husband; which will abundantly recompence thee, for the loss of thy father's house. Thy Lord — As he is thy husband, and also as he is thy king, and God.

Psalms 45:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 45:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 45:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 45:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 45:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 45:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 45:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 45:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 45:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 45:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 45:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 45:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 45:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 45:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 45:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 45:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 45:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 45:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 45:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 45:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 45:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 45:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 45:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 45:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 45:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 45:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 45:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes