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Verse 1

Psalms 45:1XWaiting for response

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

Verses 2-3

Psalms 45:2-3XWaiting for response

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

Verses 4-5

Psalms 45:4-5XWaiting for response

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

Verse 6

Psalms 45:6XWaiting for response

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

Verse 7

Psalms 45:7XWaiting for response

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 13:7Zechariah 13:7XWaiting for response 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

Psalms 45:10-17XWaiting for response

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.11Psalms 45:11XWaiting for response 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.10Psalms 45:10XWaiting for response and prepare ourselves for the return of the king. As the children of God we must make ourselves “glorious within” v.13Psalms 45:13XWaiting for response so that with all the saints, the bride of Christ, we may be brought unto the king.v.14Psalms 45:14XWaiting for response David here describes the gladness of this occasion, now soon to occur, when the marriage of the Lamb takes place.