Psalm 45 - overcomer - The Messiah and His bride

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The King's companions who share in His annointing with the oil of exultant joy, making the King joyful <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v7-8</A></div> <div> a. The palaces of ivory, the local churches <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v8</A></div> <div> b. me, the individual Christian <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v8</A></div> <div> 3. daughters of kings, the King's precious possession <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#9" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v9</A></div> <div> 4. the queen at the King's right hand in gold <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#9" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v9</A></div> <div> 5. a daughter who sees and hears and leaves all for the King <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#10" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v10</A></div> <div> 6. a daughter of God the King, all glorious within, whose clothing is embroidered with gold and is of needlework  <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#13" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v13-14</A></div> <div> 7. virgins following the daughter of God the King <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#14" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v14</A></div> <div> a. her children who will rule on the earth <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#15" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v15</A></div> <bR> <div> Tune: The psalm heading says "upon the water-lillies", which tells me it should be a light, tender, beautiful and spring-like melody. The heading also says the tune should be lovely. Verse 1 tells me that the tune should be quick. </div> <div> I first tried tune <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1098" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1098"><B>#</B></A></FONT><A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1098" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1098">1098 Our hearts are overflowing - Lowell Mason (1792-1872)</A> because another Psalm 45 song was written to that. I put the psalm to that tune, but could not get it to feel inspired. </div> <div> Then I tried the tune of my favorite song on the divine romance, <A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/lb/74" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/lb/74">"As lily growing out of a bramble bush" by Howard Higashi</A>. However, I was not able to put the psalm to this tune, as the tune is rather complicated to me. </div> <div> Then I used the current tune, and the words were able to flow.</div> <bR> <div> heading - "Water-Lilies" - The word is used 8 times in Song of Songs. A lilly is tender in contrast to thorns (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#ss2_2" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">SS 2:2</A>) like the Lord's lips (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#ss2_2" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">SS 5:13</A>). There are 3 other "lily" psalms beside this one (Ps 60; 69; 80). Ps 69 is about sufferings coming as a flood of water, out of which David blossoms as a water-lilly. </div> <div> Besides Song of Songs and Psalms headings, the word is used in <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#hos14_5" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Hos 14:5</A> for Israel to blossom like a water-lilly, and as an ornament atop the pillars of the temple (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#1ki7_19" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">1Ki 7:19,22</A>) and on the brim of the brass sea (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#1ki7_19" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">1Ki 7:26;2Ch 4:5)</A>.</div> <bR> <div> "giving understanding" - Hebrew <I>Maschil</I>. There are 13 <I>Maschil </I>psalms, see <A HREF="psalm_32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Psalm 32 giving understanding Blessed ">Ps 32</A>. </div> <bR> <div> "loveliness" - the word here is feminine and plural, so it refers to God's people, not to the Messiah. The only other feminine plural usage is in<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#ps84_1" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His"> Ps 84:1</A>, where it refers to the Lord's tabernacles.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#1" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v1</A> - No writers block, nor searching for the right word, which won't come. The words just flow. </div> <div> Sometimes when I work on a psalm, the words do not come, and sometimes they flow easily. When the words do not come the result is not inspiring to me. When the words do flow, I still need to check them against the Bible text, and make corrections.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#2" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v2</A>- The Messiah is the perfect Man. His beauty is that He expressed God through His humanity (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#john1_18" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">John 1:18</A>; <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#zec11_7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Zech 11:7,10</A>). </div> <bR> <div> "made firm" - the verb is used for pouring molten metal to give it a solid shape (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#1ki7_23" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">1Ki 7:23; etc</A>), for making firm (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#job11_15" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Job 11:15; 2 Sam 15:24</A>) and also for pouring out (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#lev21_10" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Lev 21:10; etc</A>). Through the 1st coming of the Messiah, grace was made real as it poured out through His lips (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#joh1_14" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Joh 1:14-17;</A>Titus 2:11).</div> <bR> <div> God blessed the Messiah forever so that the Messiah could be a blessing to all mankind by the grace from His lips.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#3" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v3</A>- "Your sword" is in apposition to "Your glory and Your splendor". The Messiah's sword is His glory and splendor. That sword is the word of God.</div> <bR> <div> The thigh symbolizes strength for moving. </div> <div> It also could be translated as "side" (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#exo40_22" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Exo 40:22; etc</A>.)</div> <div>  <A NAME="n4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v</A><A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">4</A>-<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>The word, "meekness", indicates that this must refer to the New Testament age of grace where Christ's splendor prospers by the preaching of the gospel (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#rev6_2" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Rev 6:2</A>).  In the New Testament age, the word is of meekness, but at His second coming Christ will not be meek.</div> <bR> <div> Lit. ride on upon the word of truth and meekness, righteousness. There is "and" connecting truth and meekness, but none connecting meekness and righteousness. This is unusual because in Hebrew normally either there is "and" connecting all items of the list or there is just 1 "and" connecting the 2nd-to-last item with the last as in English. The MT text has dashes: upon-word-truth and meekness-righteousness indicating a joining of the words "meekness" and "righteousness". Stone Tanach translates it "righteous humility", or it might mean "meekness of righteousness". Neither of these renderings do anything for me. The MT dashes are not part of the inspired text. I think the meaning is that "righteousness" is in apposition to "word of truth and meekness". That is, the word of truth and meekness is the word of righteousness. This is the word Jesus spoke in the gospels and that is prospered through the preaching of the gospel.</div> <div> This same structure is in<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His"> v8</A> in "myrrh and aloes, <I>kesya</I>".</div> <bR> <div> The "fear-inspiring things" are the sharp arrows in the next verse that convict people. The King's "right hand" is where the queen (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#9" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v9</A>) is, which is the church, His body. The Lord's main purpose is to build up the church.</div> <div>  <A NAME="n5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#5" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v5</A> - This verse is written strangely. Literally it says, "Your arrows sharp, peoples under You (or in place of You) fall in the heart of the foes of the King." Why is the phrase "peoples under You fall" inserted between "arrows sharp" and "in the heart of the King's foes"? </div> <div> I think the reason is that the sharp arrows are the peoples. In the New Testament age, the sharp arrows are the Christians who convict the hearts of the King's foes with the word of truth, meekness and righteousness and their own living according to that word.</div> <bR> <div> The word which I translated "in place of Thee" could also mean "under Thee". The word is also used in <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#16" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v16</A>, where it means "in place of".</div> <bR> <div> "fall" - The word often means to die a violent death. The gospel has been furthered the most by martyrs and those who suffer for the gospel or for righteousness.</div> <div>  <A NAME="n6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#6" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v6</A> -  The King is God, yet He is distinct from God in the next verse.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v7</A> - "Righteousness" = "truth" + "meekness" from <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v4</A>.</div> <bR> <div>  "O God, Your God" - The King is God, yet there is God above Him. This is the mystery of the Triune God. There is one God, yet He is 3 in 1.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v8</A> - This is a very hard verse to translate. </div> <div> The 1st part of the verse says literally, "Myrrh and aloes, <I>kesya </I>all thy garments." I think the "Myrrh, aloes and <I>kesya</I>" are components of the "oil of great joy" in the previous verse. This is different than the anointing oil in <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#exo30_22" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Exo 30</A>. </div> <div> Myrrh signifies the sweetness of the Lord's death.</div> <div> Aloes in the Bible is a completely different plant from the cactus, aloe vera. From Biblical usage, it was a tree and was aromatic <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#nu24_6" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">(Nu 24:6; Pr 7:17; So 4:14</A>). The Lord Jesus' body was anointed in burial with much myrrh and aloes (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#jn19_39" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Jn 19:39-40</A>).</div> <bR> <div> <I>Kesya </I>is a quite different word than "<I>Cassia</I>" in <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#exo30_22" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Exo 30</A>. It is only used here in the plural and in <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#job42_13" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Job 42:14 </A>in singular, where it is the name of one of Job's beautiful daughters whom the Lord gave to him after his great tribulation. The root of the word means "scraping" (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#lev14_41" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His"><U>Lev 14:41; Isa 44:13</U></A>; similar in meaning to <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#job2_7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His"><U>Job 2:7-8</U></A>).</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Lit. Myrrh and aloes, <I>kesya </I>all thy garments. This is the same unusual structure as<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His"> v4</A> in that there is "and" connecting myrrh and aloes but no "and" connecting <I>kesya</I>. I think it means that <I>kesya </I>here (different word than Exo 30) = myrrh + aloes. Because of the striking parallel to <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v4</A>, there must be some connection between the word of truth and meekness, righteousness, with the components of the annointing oil of exultant joy composed of myrrh and aloes, <I>kesya</I>. At minimum, the word of truth and meekness, righteousness is a basis for the annointing oil of exultant joy. "Truth" is not just doctrinally true, but also honest.</div> <bR> <div> The 2nd 1/2 of the verse is more difficult:</div> <div> It says literally: from (or more than) ivory palaces, from (or more than) me, they make you joyful. </div> <div> The problem is with the Hebrew word, <I>minni</I>, which means "from me" or "more than me" or sometimes just "from".  Since "from me" or "more than me" doesn't seem to make sense, modern translations translate it as "musical instruments", but there is no ground for this. Goldingay says "<I>Minni </I>is apparently an apocopated plural", which means that it is the word in <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#ps150_4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Ps 150:4</A> with the last letter, <I>Mem</I>, missing.  The problem I have with that explanation is that I have not found any clear instances of "apocopated plural"'s in the Old Testament. </div> <div> KJV translated <I>minni </I>as "whereby", but the word never has that meaning. Stone Tanach translated <I>minni </I>as just "from", which meaning it can have, but that forced them to translate the verb which follows it as a noun, "those which gladdened you." The word is a verb, "gladdened you", and cannot mean "those who gladdened you". This just shows that the Stone Tanach does not agree with the "apocopated plural" guess and made their own best guess.</div> <bR> <div> Since there is no alternative that respects the integrity of the text, I think it should be translated the only way it can be translated, which is "from me" or "more than me".  I translated the preposition as "above", which is the same meaning as "more than" because that is how the same preposition is translated in the preceding v7 (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#heb1_9" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Heb 1:9</A>). In verses 7-8, the preposition, <I>min</I>, is used 3 times, modifying "Your companions" in v7, "ivory palaces" in v8 and "me" in v8. The only other use of the preposition <I>min </I>in this psalm is in <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#2" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v2</A>, where it also means "more than."</div> <bR> <div> Verse 8 ends with "make You joyful". This goes back to "oil of great joy" in the previous verse, v7.  This means that v8 is a restatement of v7 with different details. The "Myrrh and aloes, <I>kesya</I>" are the Holy Spirit, which is the oil of exultant joy in v7.  Christ is clothed with this Spirit of exultant joy. </div> <div> The "palaces of ivory" and "me" are details of "Your companions" in v7. The "palaces of ivory" are the local churches (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#1pet2_5" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">1 Pet 2:5</A>), living as a royal priesthood in resurrection (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#1pet2_5" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">1Pet 2:9</A>). The oil of great joy is poured out on the churches, but to a less extent than on Christ. Then the oil of joy is poured out on believers individually, "me", but less than is poured out corporately on the churches. The joy of the Holy Spirit in the churches and in the individual believers comes back to Christ making Him joyful.</div> <bR> <div> There is a hymn, "<A HREF="http://www.hymnary.org/text/my_lord_has_garments_so_wondrous_fine" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnary.org/text/my_lord_has_">Ivory Palaces</A>," by Henry Barraclough on this verse. He wrote it based on a sermon by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman. This hymn was a favorite of <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYs-66jzI2k" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYs-66jz">George Beverly Shea</A>.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#9" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v9</A> - The daughters of kings are the individual believers who are the King's companions in v7, inhabit the ivory palaces in v8, and are represented by "me" in v8. The phrase "of kings" indicates their royalty. The "kings" are other believers in the church who raised them up.</div> <div> We, Christians, should live in a royal way as the King Jesus did, honoring all men, though we may be poor.</div> <bR> <div> The queen is the corporate church. She is the King's companions in v7, and she is the daughters of kings in this verse.</div> <bR> <div> She stands at the King's right hand, signifying that she is 2nd to Christ in His kingdom. She is higher than angels. The word "stands" here, means to "to take one's position, to be set over something, established."</div> <bR> <div> Gold signifies God's divine holy nature. She lives a holy manner of life in all things, a life that matches Christ (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#1pet1_15" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">1 Pet 1:15-16</A>).</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#10" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v10</A> - "understand" is literally "see".</div> <div> The daughter here is an individual believer. She needs to hearken, see and incline her ear to the following speaking in order to become a daughter of a king to compose the King's preciousness, His queen.</div> <bR> <div> That she must forget her own people means she must be a gentile. </div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#11" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v11</A> - In order for the King to desire our beauty, we must forget, to some extent, our own people and relations. These are not necessarily bad, but may be very good, but they do not match Christ. We are closer to those who love Christ than to our natural relations and race.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#12" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v12</A> - The daughter of Tyre and the rich of the people are some of the peoples that will praise the King's bride in <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#17" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v17</A>.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#13" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v13</A> - "The King" here must be God, not the Messiah, because she is going to marry the Messiah. Christians are never called sons or daughters of Christ but of God.</div> <bR> <div> Within she is all glorious (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#eph5_27" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Eph 5:27</A>). </div> <bR> <div> Her clothing signifies her manner of life, which is holy and righteous. Both the queen, the church corporately, and the daughter individually, are clothed in gold. This clothing is the work of the oil of exultant joy, the Holy Spirit (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v8</A>).</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#14" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v14 </A>- The needlework raiment is her righteousnesses that she lived out (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#rev19_7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Rev 19:7-8</A>).</div> <div> The virgins are other people she brought to the Lord or helped to live a holy life by the Lord. The helping is mutual.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="15n"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#15" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v15</A> - The King's palace is the church, whereas the palaces of ivory in <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v8</A> are the local churches. This takes place whenever a Christian is saved. We become part of the church, which is the King's palace.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#16" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v16</A> - The vowels of the Hebrew text make the 2nd person pronoun here masculine, referring to the King, but this does not make sense. The King did not lose His fathers, but the believers did in <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#10" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v10</A>. Also, Christians are never considered the children of Christ, but of God and of the church (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#gal4_26" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Gal 4:26</A>). (<A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#heb2_11" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">Heb 2:13</A> does not refer to Christ's begotten children, but to God's children given to Christ, as indicated by both the Greek and Hebrew words for "children" and the context in Hebrews.) Since the vowels here are not part of the inspired text, I think they are mistaken here, and the 2nd person pronouns refer to the daughter.</div> <div> The exhortation to the daughter to forget the house of her father, and the consolation here "in place of your fathers", indicates that this is part of the exhortation to the daughter.</div> <bR> <div> Since she is at the right hand of the King, she will ordain her children as princes in all the earth.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_m.htm#17" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">v17</A> - the "I" here is God speaking. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >The 2nd person pronoun in this verse, "your name" and "praise thee" should be the daughter from the previous verse.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> updated 8/13/2014</div> <div> -copyright Steve Miller 2/4/2012</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Psalm 45 For the Overcomer. Upon the water-lillies. Through the sons of Korah, giving understanding, a song of loveliness</B></div> <bR> <div> Tune: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/246" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/246">#246 Joys are flowing like a river 8.7.8.7.10.7.10.7 by W. S. Marshall</A></FONT></div> <div> <I> <embed src="HTMLobj-714/e0246JoysAreFlowingLikeARiver.mp3" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </I></div> <div> music file from <A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net">hymnal.net</A></div> <div>  <A NAME="1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n1" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">1</A> My heart's flowing <I>with </I>a good thing.</div> <div> I speak of what I have done.</div> <div> It's belonging<I> </I>unto the King,</div> <div> <I>who is God's beloved Son</I>.</div> <div>  <A NAME="2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div>        My tongue is a pen,<I> a</I> <I>flowing pen</I><I>,</I></div> <div>        of a quick <I>ready </I>writer.</div> <div>   <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n2" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">2</A>   You are fairer than <I>all </I>the sons of men.</div> <div>        Grace through Your lips is made firm<I>.</I></div> <div> <I> <A NAME="3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> Therefore forever God blessed Thee.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n3" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">3</A> Upon <I>the </I>thigh gird Your sword,</div> <div> <I>O Thou </I>mighty Man, Your glory,</div> <div> and <I>it's</I> <I>also </I>Your splendor.</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div>   <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n4" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">4</A>   <I>And this </I>Your splendor, make <I>it </I>prosperous.</div> <div>        Upon word of truth, do ride,</div> <div>        and <I>word of </I>meekness, <I>of true </I>righteousness,</div> <div>        and Your right hand shall Thee guide</div> <div>  <A NAME="5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <I>unto </I>things that are fear-inspiring,<I> </I></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n5" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">5</A> <I>v</I><I>ery </I>sharp are Your arrows,</div> <div> in the place of Thee, peoples <I>many,</I></div> <div> fall in hearts of the King's foes.</div> <div>  <A NAME="6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div>  <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n6" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">6</A>    O <I>our </I>God, Thy throne, it shall be<I> Thine Own</I></div> <div>          forever and <I>for</I>ever.</div> <div>         The scepter upright <I>making all things right</I></div> <div>          is Your kingdom's <I>firm </I>scepter.</div> <div>  <A NAME="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n7" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">7</A> Thou hast lov-ed <I>true </I>righteousness,</div> <div> and hated iniquity.</div> <div> Therefore,  O-O God, Your <I>Own </I>God,</div> <div> He <I>thus </I>has anointed Thee</div> <div>  <A NAME="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div>       with the oil of<I> joy,</I> <I>of </I>exultant joy</div> <div>       above Your companions <I>all</I>.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n8" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">8</A>    Myrrh and aloes <I>scent with much </I>scraping <I>blent</I></div> <div> <I>       upon </I>all Thy garments <I>fall</I></div> <div>  <A NAME="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> above palaces of ivory,</div> <div> above me make You joyful.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n9" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">9 </A> <I>There's </I>daughters of kings composing</div> <div> Your preciousness <I>wonderful</I>.</div> <div>  <A NAME="10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div>          <I>Behold </I>the queen stands at Your <I>own </I>right hand</div> <div>          <I>dressed </I>in the gold of Ophir.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n10" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">10</A>    Hearken daughter and <I>clearly </I>understand,</div> <div>          and <I>also </I>incline your ear.</div> <div>  <A NAME="11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> And forget your own <I>loved </I>people </div> <div> and the house of your father.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n11" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">11</A>  Therefore shall the King, <I>captivating</I>,</div> <div> your <I>chaste </I>beauty s<I>o </I>desire</div> <div>  <A NAME="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div>          for your Lord is He. Worship Him <I>solely</I>.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n12" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">12</A>    And the daughter of Ty-re</div> <div>          <I>shall be </I>with a gift. Of people, the rich,</div> <div>          they shall entreat your favor.</div> <div>  <A NAME="13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n13" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">13</A> The <I>radiant</I><I> </I>daughter of the King,</div> <div> all glori'us, she is within.</div> <div> Embroidered is <I>all </I>her clothing</div> <div> with gold <I>thread </I>interwoven.</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n14" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">14</A>     In needlework <I>fine of </I>raiment <I>divine,</I></div> <div>           she is brought in to the King.</div> <div>           Virgins after her, <I>who are </I>her neighbors,</div> <div>           shall be brought in unto Thee.</div> <div>  <A NAME="15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#15n" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">15 </A> The King's palace, they shall enter <A NAME="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> with joy and exultation.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n16" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">16</A>  In the place of your <I>dear </I>fathers,</div> <div>  there shall be to you children.</div> <div>  <A NAME="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div>          Them You shall ordain as princes to <I>reign</I></div> <div>          in all of the earth<I>'s</I> <I>nations</I>.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_45_l.htm#n17" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 45 overcomer The Messiah and His">17</A>     I will make your name remembered <I>again</I></div> <div>           unto all generations.</div> <bR> <div> Therefore shall the peoples praise thee</div> <div>  forever and <I>for</I>ever.</div> <div> <I> Great is indeed this mystery:</I></div> <div> <I> I speak of Christ and the church.</I></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="ss2_2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> So 2:2  As the <B>lily </B>among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.</div> <div> 5:13  His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like <B>lilies</B>, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. </div> <div>  <A NAME="ps84_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Ps 84:1  « To the overcomer upon Gittith, A Psalm through the sons of Korah. » How lovely are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! </div> <div>  <A NAME="job32_18"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Job 32:18  For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.</div> <div> 19  Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.</div> <div> 20  I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.</div> <div>  <A NAME="joh1_14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.</div> <div>  15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.</div> <div>  16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.</div> <div>   <A NAME="john1_18"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. (Joh 1:14-17 KJV)</div> <div> 18  No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him.</div> <div> Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, (Tit 2:11 KJV)</div> <div>  <A NAME="zec11_7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Zech 11:7 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >So I fed the flock of slaughter, the truly poor of the flock. And I took unto Me two staffs; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock. </FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >10 </FONT>And I took My staff Beauty and cut it asunder, that I might break My covenant, which I <I>then </I>made with all the peoples. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >11 </FONT>And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon Me knew that it was the word of the LORD.</div> <div>  <A NAME="1ki7_23"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 1 Kings 7:23 And he made a <B>molten </B>sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. (1Ki 7:23 KJV)</div> <div> 33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all <B>molten</B>. (1Ki 7:33 KJV)</div> <div> 2 Chronicles 4:2 Also he made a <B>molten </B>sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. (2Ch 4:2 KJV)</div> <div> Job 37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a <B>molten </B>looking glass? (Job 37:18 KJV)</div> <div>  <A NAME="job11_15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Job 11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be <B>stedfast</B>, and shalt not fear: (KJV)</div> <div> 2 Samuel 15:24 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they <B>set down </B>the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city. (2Sa 15:24 KJV)</div> <div>  <A NAME="lev21_10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Leviticus 21:10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was <B>poured</B>, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; (Lev 21:10 KJV)</div> <div> Joshua 7:23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and<B> laid them out</B> before the LORD. (Jos 7:23 KJV)</div> <div> 2 Kings 4:5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she <B>poured out</B>. (2Ki 4:5 KJV)</div> <div>  <A NAME="rev19"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.</div> <div>  12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.</div> <div>  13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.</div> <div>  14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.</div> <div>  15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.</div> <div>  16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.</div> <div>  (Rev 19:11-16 KJV)</div> <div>  <A NAME="rev6_2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Rev 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. (Rev 6:2 KJV)</div> <div>  <A NAME="hos14_5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Hosea 14:5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. (Hos 14:5 DBY)</div> <div>  <A NAME="1ki7_19"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 1Kings 7:19 And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work as in the porch, four cubits.</div> <div> 22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work; and the work of the pillars was finished.</div> <div> 23 And he made the sea, molten, ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it round about.</div> <div> 26 And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim was like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; it held two thousand baths.</div> <div> 2Chronicles 4:5 And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; in capacity it held three thousand baths.</div> <div>  <A NAME="exo30_22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Exo 30:22  Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,</div> <div> 23  Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of <B>pure myrrh five hundred shekels</B>, and of s<B>weet cinnamon half so much</B>, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of <B>sweet calamus</B> two hundred and fifty shekels,</div> <div> 24  And of <B>cassia </B>five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:</div> <div> 25  And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.</div> <div> 26  And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,</div> <div> 27  And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,</div> <div> 28  And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.</div> <div> 29  And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.</div> <div> 30  And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.</div> <div> 31  And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.</div> <div> 32  Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.</div> <div> 33  Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.</div> <div>  <A NAME="nu24_6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Nu 24:6  As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign <B>aloes  </B>which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.</div> <div> Pr 7:17  I have perfumed my bed with <B>myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon</B>.</div> <div> So 4:14  Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; <B>myrrh and aloes</B>, with all the chief spices:</div> <div>  <A NAME="jn19_39"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Joh 19:39  And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of <B>myrrh and aloes</B>, about an hundred pound weight.</div> <div> 40  Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.</div> <div>  <A NAME="job42_13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Job 42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.</div> <div>  14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, <B>Kezia</B>; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.</div> <div>  15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. (Job 42:13-15 KJV)</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="ps150_4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> KJV Psalm 150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with <B>stringed instruments </B>and organs. </div> <div>  <A NAME="heb1_9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Heb 1:9  Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.</div> <div>  <A NAME="1pet2_5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 1 Pet 2:5 Ye also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. </div> <div> 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: </div> <div>  <A NAME="1pet1_15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 1 Pet 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;</div> <div>  16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. (1Pe 1:15-16 KJV)</div> <div>  <A NAME="eph5_27"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Eph 5:27 That he might present her to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. (Eph 5:27 KJV)</div> <div>  <A NAME="rev19_7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.</div> <div>  8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. (Rev 19:7-8 KJV)</div> <div>  <A NAME="gal4_26"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. (Gal 4:26 KJV)</div> <div>  <A NAME="heb2_11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,</div> <div>  12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.</div> <div>  13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.</div> <div>  14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; (Heb 2:11-14 KJV)</div> <div> Isa 8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. (Isa 8:18 KJV)</div> <div>  <A NAME="job2_7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Job 2:7-8<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >8</FONT> And he took him a potsherd to<B> scrape </B>himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes</div> <div>  <A NAME="lev14_41"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >KJV </FONT><B>Leviticus 14:41</B> And he shall cause the house to be <B>scraped </B>within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they <B>scrape </B>off without the city into an unclean place: (Lev 14:41 KJV)</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >YLT </FONT><B>Isaiah 44:13</B> He hath wrought <I>with </I>wood, He hath stretched out a rule, He doth mark it out with a line, He maketh it with <B>carving tools</B>, And with a compass he marketh it out, And maketh it according to the form of a man, According to the beauty of a man, To remain in the house. (Isa 44:13 YLT)</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="exo40_22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Exodus 40:22 And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the <B>side </B>of the tabernacle northward, outside the </div> <div> veil,</div> <div> 24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, opposite to the table, on the <B>side </B>of the tabernacle southward.</div> <div> Leviticus 1:11 And he shall slaughter it on the <B>side </B>of the altar northward before Jehovah; and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood on the altar round about.</div> <div> Numbers 3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath encamped on the <B>side</B> of the tabernacle southward.</div> <div> 35 And the prince of the father's house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They encamped on the <B>side </B>of the tabernacle northward.</div> <div> 2 Kings 16:14 And the brazen altar which was before Jehovah, he brought forward from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it by the <B>side </B>of his altar on the north.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> -copyright Steve Miller 2/4/2012</div> </td> </tr></table></body>