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Psalm 45 is a classic psalm written for the “head choir director,” hence its heading: “To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil. A Song of Loves.”

As Jordan explains, “This psalm wasn’t written just for anybody; it’s written for the Top Guy. That term Maschil, meaning to teach or to educate, tells you this psalm is designed not just to encourage or give comfort, but for its teaching and edification purposes.

“There are actually three of these kinds of psalms. One is Isaiah 5:1: ‘Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:’

“In other words, this is a love song that God sings with regard to and concerning His purpose for the nation Israel. The vineyard here is the nation Israel. Verse7 says, ‘For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel.’

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Song of Solomon begins, “The song of songs, which is Solomon's.”
Jordan says, “When it says ‘the song of songs,’ this means it’s the top, most important--'BINGO! The Supreme Song!' The Song of all the songs of Solomon and, of course, it’s a song about the little flock’s loyalty to her beloved and her resistance to the seduction policy of the Adversary to draw her away from her husband.”

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Psalm 45 is the third psalm of its kind. Jordan explains, “These psalms are designed to demonstrate the purpose God has in the nation Israel and the special love relationship and manifestation of His love in relationship for them."

Psalm 42 begins the second book of the Psalms (indicated by a double ‘Amen’ preceding it) and deals with the Messiah as Israel’s Deliverer. The first set of the Psalms deals with Israel’s Redeemer.

Psalm 42-44 talks about the need for Israel to have a Deliverer and literally the songs are praying and seeking for and panting after, as Psalm 42 says, a Deliverer.

“So in Psalm 45, here comes the king!” says Jordan. “It’s the, ‘Deliverer is here!’ and if you wanted a title to the psalm, some people call it ‘the Marriage Psalm.’

“The kingdom is ready to be established, and what you have here is the song that is sung after the king sets himself up as king and as he comes into the inaugural ball. I’m not suggesting there will be a dance, or any of that kind of thing, but you understand there is coronation celebration when someone is inaugurated.

“By the way, Psalm 46 is a psalm about the coming kingdom that He’s going to establish. Psalm 47 talks about the range or extent of His kingdom and how it’s going to encompass all the earth. Psalm 48 is about the center of His kingdom. It’s going to be ‘the city of God in the mountain of His holiness, beautiful for situations.’

“So you’re in a section here where the king comes and the kingdom is described, including its worldwide impact, and then that city where He reigns is the focal place of the earth.

“Psalm 45:6 is quoted in Hebrews 1:8 as a direct reference to the Lord Jesus Christ. The ‘He’ in the verse is God the Father. Notice how God the Father calls God the Son God? That’s one of the proof texts of the deity of Christ. He’s fully God as well as truly man. He’s God-man. God the Father calls Him God.

“You read down through the psalm and you can easily spot songs we sing. That last verse is in the great old hymn that goes, ‘Out of the ivory palaces into a world of woe, only His great eternal love made my Savior go. My Lord has garments so wondrous fine, And myrrh their texture fills; Its fragrance reached to this heart of mine With joy my being thrills.’

“That’s what the verse is talking about. Hymn writers often write hymns right out of the Scripture. I know sometimes people chafe a little bit at the poetic license that people sometimes use in the hymns . . .

“There’s another great hymn that starts out, ‘Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature,O Thou of God and man the Son, Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor,Thou, my soul’s glory, joy and crown.’

“That comes from Psalm 45:2: ‘Thou art fairer than the children of men.’ The greatness of the king talks about how God the Father looks at Him and He sees Him as one in whom He finds all His joy and the greatness of who He is.

“That’s the first thing you do when you talk about a king on his coronation day; you talk about what a great hero he is.”