Psalms 45:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. ”

Psalms 45:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou lovest righteousness ... - See this verse explained in the notes at Hebrews 1:9 , where it is applied to the Messiah. The word “God” is rendered in the margin “O God”; “O God, thy God, hath...
Psalms 45:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath (f) anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. (f) Has established your kingdom as the figure of Christ,...
Psalms 45:7 - 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 45:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wickedness . lawlessness. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44. anointed. Hence His name Messiah (Greek. Christ). the anointed one. fellows . companions.
Psalms 45:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 576 BENEFITS ATTENDANT ON HOLINESS Psalms 45:7 . Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellow...
Psalms 45:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Oil of gladness - As an evidence that all causes of mourning,...
Psalms 45:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thy God hath anointed thee— Christ is emphatically, The Anointed; Luke 4:18 .; Acts 10:38 . Kings, priests, and prophets, were anointed when they entered upon their several offices. Christ was...
Psalms 45:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. From praising the King the Psalmist passes to the royal...
Psalms 45:7 - 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 45:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The oil of gladness. — Comp. “oil of joy,” Isaiah 61:3 . Here too it may be merely employed as a figure of happiness, but the bath and, no doubt, subsequent anointing, formed part of the Oriental...
Psalms 45:7 - 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 45:7 - 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 45:7 - 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 45:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we find Christ returned from the holy war, and sat down on the seat of the Conqueror. And we have God the Father speaking to this glorious Mediator, this triumphant king in Zion, and declaring t...
Psalms 45:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou lovest righteousness ,.... Either righteous persons, whom his countenance beholds, on whom his eyes are, and from whom they are never withdrawn, and with whom he is exceedingly delighted: or ri...
Psalms 45:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Ver. 7. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedhess ]...
Psalms 45:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou lovest righteousness , &c. Thou not only doest that which is good, and avoidest that which is evil, which even bad princes and men may do, and often actually do for political and prudential...
Psalms 45:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Majesty and Glory of Christ. 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right scept...
Psalms 45:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou dost not only do that which is good, and avoid that which is evil; which even bad princes and men may do, and sometimes actually do, for politic or prudential reasons; but thou dost this sincere...
Psalms 45:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Description of The King's Glory ( Psalms 45:2-7 ). His description of the bridegroom's glory follows a carefully constructed pattern. 1) Firstly he describes the king's splendour ( Psalms 45:2...
Psalms 45:7 - 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 45:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The lily psalm a psalm of loves. Oh! that our hearts might be full of love tonight, and, while we read, may our hearts be singing to the praise of the Well Beloved. Psalms 45:1 . My heart is indit...
Psalms 45:7 - 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 45:7 - 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 45:7 - 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 45:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

From the description of the King's majesty the writer now turns to a hymn of praise and worship.
Psalms 45:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 1:39 ; 1 Kings 1:40 ; 1 Kings 19:16 ; 1 Samuel 16:13 ; Acts 2:28 ; Colossians 1:18 ; Colossians 1:19 ; Ephesians 1:3 ; Hebrews 1:9 ; Hebrews 2:14 ; Hebrews 7:26 ; Isaiah 61:1 ; I...
Psalms 45:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Therefore — Therefore God hath exalted thee far above all men and angels, to a state of joy and endless glory at his right hand; which is fitly compared by the oil of gladness. Thy God — According...

Psalms 45:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 45:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 45:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 45:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 45:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 45:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 45:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 45:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 45:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 45:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 45:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 45:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 45:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 45:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 45:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 45:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 45:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 45:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 45:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 45:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 45:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 45:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 45:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 45:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 45:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 45:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 45:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 45:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes