Psalms 80:1
shushan-eduth style <07802> [A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.) Shoshannim-Eduth.]
psalm <04210> [A Psalm.]
This Psalm is generally supposed to have been written during the Babylonian captivity; but some think it refers to the desolations made by Sennacherib.
Asaph <0623> [of Asaph. or, for Asaph.]
attention <0238> [Give ear.]
shepherd <07462> [O Shepherd.]
lead <05090> [leadest.]
who ... enthroned <03427> [dwellest.]
splendor <03313> [shine.]
Psalms 45:1
music director <05329> [(Title.) To the chief.]
Or, rather, "To the chief musician upon the hexachords, a didactic ode for the sons of Korah, and a song of loves." {Shoshannim} most probably denotes hexachords, or six-stringed instruments, from {shesh,} "six:" hence the Persian {shasta,} a six-stringed lute. This Psalm is supposed by some to be an epithalamium, or nuptial song, on the marriage of Solomon with Pharaoh's daughter; but with what propriety could Solomon be described as fairer than the children of men, a mighty warrior, a victorious conqueror, and a prince whose throne is for ever and ever? A greater than Solomon is here; and the person described is no other than the Messiah, as is acknowledged by many Jewish writers. The Targum on ver. 3 says, "Thy beauty, {malka meshecha,} O King Messiah, is greater than the children of men;" and the Apostle expressly quotes it as such Heb 1:8, 9. It was probably written by David after Nathan's prophetic address 1 Ch 17:27.
Lilies <07799> [Shoshannim.]
well-written poem <04905> [Maschil. or, of instruction. A song.]
stirred <07370> [is inditing. Heb. boileth, or, bubbleth up.]
beautiful <02896> [a good.]
king <04428> [touching.]
tongue <03956> [tongue.]
