1 To the chief musician upon Shoshannim; for the sons of Korah, Maschil, a song of loves.
2 My heart hath overflowed [with] a good matter; I am declaring my works to the king; my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.
3 Thou hast been very fair above the sons of men; grace hath been poured into thy lips; therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
4 Gird thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty.
5 And [in] thy majesty prosper, ride, for the cause of truth and meekness of righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
6 Thine arrows [are] sharpened—the peoples fall under thee—in the heart of the king’s enemies.
7 Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom.
8 Thou hast loved righteousness and hated wickedness: therefore God, [even] thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
9 Myrrh and aloes [and] cassia [are] all thy garments; from the palaces of ivory stringed instruments have gladdened thee.
10 Daughters of kings [are] among thine honorable women; at thy right hand hath stood the queen in fine gold of Ophir.
11 Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear, and forget thy people and thy father’s house.
12 And the king greatly desireth thy beauty; for he [is] thy lord; and bow down thyself to him.
13 And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; the rich among the people shall entreat thy face.
14 All glorious [is] the king’s daughter within; of gold-embroidered work [is] her garment.
15 In embroidered work of many colors is she brought unto the king; the virgins after her, her companions, are brought to thee.
16 They are led forth with gladness and joy; they enter into the palace of the king.
17 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons; them shalt thou appoint princes in all the earth.
18 I will make mention of thy name in all generations: therefore peoples shall give thee thanks for ever and ever.
Notes on Psalm 45
It is “To the chief musician upon Shoshannim [or lilies], for the sons of Korah: instruction, a song of loves.” It is of course in the Messiah that the kingdom of. God is anticipated. His personal grace is celebrated; His divine nature and glory, at the very time that He is anointed by God as man above His companions; for such He has and will have. But it is His triumph and rule and association with the godly Jews, no longer cast out of all but honored beyond all that had been in the palmiest days of Israel; and Jerusalem is no longer trodden down by Gentiles, no more desolate and sitting on the ground, but the city of righteousness, the faithful city, the queen at Messiah’s right hand in fine gold of Ophir. The virgins her companions are presumably the cities of Judah; and the peoples to give thanks for ever are the nations of that future day in relationship with the Jews. It is in no way the Bride, the Lamb’s wife in heavenly glory. (Rev. 19-22).