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Psalm 45

The maieſtie of Salomón, his honour, ſtrength, beautie, riches & power are praiſed, & alſo his mariage with the Egyptian being an heathen woman is bleſſed, 10 If that ſhe can renoūce her people & the loue of her countrey and giue her ſelfe wholy to her houſband Under the which figure the wonderful maieſtie & increaſe of the kingdome of Chriſt and the Church his ſpouſe now taken of the Gentiles is deſcribed.
¶ To him that excelleth on Shoſhannim a ſong of loue to giue inſtruction, committed to the ſonnes of Kórah.
1.MIne heart wil vtter forthe a good matter: I wil intreat in my workes of the King: my tongue is as the penne of a ſwift writer.
2.Thou art fairer thē the childrē of men: grace is powred in thy lippes, becauſe God hathe bleſſed thee for euer.
3.Girde thy ſworde vpon thy thigh, ô moſte mightie, to wit, thy worſhip & thy glorie,
4.And proſper with thy glorie: ride vpon the worde of trueth and of mekenes & of righteouſnes: ſo thy right hand ſhal teache thee terrible things.
5.Thine arrowes are ſharpe to perce the heart of the Kings enemies: therefore the people ſhal fall vnder thee.
6.Thy throne, ô God, is for euer and euer: the ſcepter of thy kingdome is a ſcepter of righteouſnes.
7.Thou loueſt righteouſnes, and hateſt wickednes, becauſe God, euen thy God hathe anointed thee with the oile of gladnes aboue thy felowes.
8.All thy garments ſmell of myrrhe and aloes, and caſia, when thou comeſt out of the yuorie palaces, where thei haue made thee glad.
9.Kings daughters were amōg thine honorable wiues: vpon thy right hand did ſtand the Quene in a veſture of golde of Ophír.
10.Hearken, ô daughter, and conſider, and incline thine eare: forget alſo thine owne people and thy fathers houſe.
11.So ſhal the King haue pleaſure in thy beautie: for he is thy Lord, and reuerence thou him.
12.And the daughter of Tyrus with the riche of the people ſhal do homage before thy face with preſents.
13.The Kings daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of broydered golde.
14.She ſhal be broght vnto the King in raiment of nedle worke: the virgins that follow after her, & her companiõs ſhal be broght vnto thee.
15.With ioye and gladnes ſhal thei be broght, and ſhal enter into the Kings palace.
16.In ſteade of thy fathers ſhal thy children be: ẏ ſhalt make thé princes through all the earth.
17.I wil make thy Name to be remembred through all generations: therefore ſhal ẏ people giue thākes vnto thee worlde without end.

Notes

1:a.
This was a certeine tune or aninſtrumēt.
1:b.
Of that perfit loue that oght to be betwene ye houſband & the wife.
2:c.
Salomōs beautie and eloqueuce to winne fauour w ith his people, and his power to ouercome his enemies, is here deſcribed.
4:d.
He alludeth to them yt ride in chariots in their triūphes, ſhewing yt the quiet ſtate of a kingdome ſtādeth i trueth, mekenes & iuſtice, not in worldelie pōpe and vanitie.
6:e.
Vnder this figure of this kingdome of iuſtice is ſet forthe ye euerlaſting kingdome of Chriſt.
7:f.
Hathe eſtabliſhed thy kingdome as the figure of Chriſt, which is the peace & ioye of the Church.
8:g.
In the which palace the people made thee ioyful to ſe them giue thankes & reioyce for thee.
9:h.
Thogh he had many Kīgs daughters among his wiues, yet he loued Pharaohs daughter beſt.
10:i.
Vnder the figure of Pharaohs daughter he ſheweth ẏ ẏ Church muſt caſt of all carnal affections to obey Chriſt onely.
12:k.
He ſignifieth that diuers of them, that be riche, ſhalbe benefactours to the Church, albeit thei giue not perfite obedience to ẏ Goſpel.
12:".
Or, Zor.
13:l.
There is nothing fained, nor hypocritical, but ſhe is glorious bothe within & without: and howbeit ẏ Church hath not at all times this outwarde glorie, the faute is to be imputed onely to their owne ingratitude.
16:m.
Thei ſhal haue greater graces then their fathers.
16:n.
He ſignifieth the great cōpaſſe of Chriſts kingdome, ẅ ſhal be ſufficiēt to enriche all his membres.
17:o.
This muſt onely be referred to Chriſt and not to Salomón.