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< Psalms 45 >

Verse 1

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David, in Psalm 45, writes about “a good matter”, King Jesus, v.1Waiting for response for Psalms 45:1 when he reigns on the throne of the LORD in Jerusalem.

Verses 2-3

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Jesus is fairer than other men and greatly blessed by God,v.2Waiting for response for Psalms 45:2 and he will reign in glory and majesty.v.3Waiting for response for Psalms 45:3

Verses 4-5

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He will be the LORD’s mighty one in the earth dispensing truth, meekness, and righteousness, but also doing terrible deeds v.4Waiting for response for Psalms 45:4 when he overthrows all the oppressors and wicked in the earth.v.5Waiting for response for Psalms 45:5

Verse 6

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The word “God” in Hebrew means “mighty one” and this explains why Jesus is referred to as a God.

Verse 7

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His throne will be established for ever by his God, the one true God who is his Father, because he loved righteousness and hated wickedness.

He is the LORD’s Anointed and was “anointed with the oil of gladness above his fellows”, i.e. his disciples. God calls Jesus “the man that is my fellow” Zechariah 13:7Waiting for response for Zechariah 13:7 and also a fellow of other men. This is only possible because Jesus is both “Son of God” and “son of man” by the manner of his conception and birth as described in the New Testament.

Verses 10-17

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The disciples who are his fellows are as a body likened to a beautiful woman who will constitute the bride of Christ. He will greatly desire her beauty v.11Waiting for response for Psalms 45:11 which consists of the virtues of character which the saints develop by faith and obedience. We are therefore commanded now to separate ourselves in our behaviour from other men and women who give no heed to the word of God. We must change our family allegiance from the natural one inherited from Adam to the family of God v.10Waiting for response for Psalms 45:10 and prepare ourselves for the return of the king. As the children of God we must make ourselves “glorious within” v.13Waiting for response for Psalms 45:13 so that with all the saints, the bride of Christ, we may be brought unto the king.v.14Waiting for response for Psalms 45:14 David here describes the gladness of this occasion, now soon to occur, when the marriage of the Lamb takes place.