Psalms 45:1 (KJV)

Cross-references

Shoshannim. Ps 69:1 Ps 80:1

Maschil. or, of instruction. A song. So 1:1 So 1:2-7 Isa 5:1 Eph 5:32

is inditing. Heb. boileth, or, bubbleth up. Job 32:18-20 Pr 16:23 Mt 12:35

a good. Ps 49:3 Job 33:3 Job 34:4 Pr 8:6-9

touching. Ps 2:6 Ps 24:7-10 Ps 110:1 Ps 110:2 So 1:12 Isa 32:1 Isa 32:2 Mt 25:34 Mt 27:37

tongue. 2Sa 23:2 2Pe 1:21

10 The duty of the church, and the benefits thereof. (Title.) To the chief.Or, rather, "To the chief musician upon the hexachords, a didactic ode for the sons of Korah, and a song of loves." {Shoshannim} most probably denotes hexachords, or six-stringed instruments, from {shesh,} "six:" hence the Persian {shasta,} a six-stringed lute. This Psalm is supposed by some to be an epithalamium, or nuptial song, on the marriage of Solomon with Pharaoh's daughter; but with what propriety could Solomon be described as fairer than the children of men, a mighty warrior, a victorious conqueror, and a prince whose throne is for ever and ever? A greater than Solomon is here; and the person described is no other than the Messiah, as is acknowledged by many Jewish writers. The Targum on ver. 3 says, "Thy beauty, {malka meshecha,} O King Messiah, is greater than the children of men;" and the Apostle expressly quotes it as such Heb 1:8, 9. It was probably written by David after Nathan's prophetic address 1 Ch 17:27.

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