“My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.”
The psalmist opens with the declaration that his heart overflows with a noble theme and addresses his words to the king. The reference to a noble theme suggests that this psalm concerns the exaltation and glorification of the king, likely an actual coronation or royal wedding. The mention that the psalmist's tongue is the pen of a skillful scribe suggests that this is a carefully crafted address celebrating royal magnificence. The psalm appears to be a royal celebration, employing heightened language and imagery.
Church Fathers on Psalms 45:1
1. This Psalm, even as we ourselves have been singing with gladness together with you, we would beg you in like manner to consider with attention together with us. For it is sung of the sacred Marriage-feast; of the Bridegroom and the Bride; of the King and His people; of the Saviour and those who are to be saved....His sons are we, in that we are the “children of the Bridegroom;” and it is to us that this Psalm is addressed, whose title has the words, “For the sons of Korah,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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