<> 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.
(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 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
1 Chronicles 17:27 Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, …
Shoshannim
Psalm 69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in to my soul.
Psalm 80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; …
Maschil. or, of instruction
A song
Songs 1:1,2 The song of songs, which is Solomon's…
Isaiah 5:1 Now will I sing to my well beloved a song of my beloved touching …
Ephesians 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
is inditing [heb.] boileth, of bubbleth up
Job 32:18-20 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constrains me…
Proverbs 16:23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
Matthew 12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things…
a good
Psalm 49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall …
Job 33:3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall …
Job 34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
Proverbs 8:6-9 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my …
touching
Psalm 2:6 Yet have I set my king on my holy hill of Zion.
Psalm 24:7-10 Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be you lift up, you everlasting …
Psalm 110:1,2 The LORD said to my Lord, Sit you at my right hand, until I make …
Songs 1:12 While the king sits at his table, my spikenard sends forth the smell thereof.
Isaiah 32:1,2 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule …
Matthew 25:34 Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, you blessed …
Matthew 27:37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE …
tongue
2 Samuel 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and his word was in my tongue.
2 Peter 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy …
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
fairer
Songs 2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among …
Songs 5:10-16 My beloved is white and ruddy, the most chief among ten thousand…
Zechariah 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn …
Matthew 17:2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, …
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us, (and we beheld his glory…
Colossians 1:15-18 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature…
Hebrews 1:3,4 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his …
Hebrews 7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, …
Revelation 1:13-18 And in the middle of the seven candlesticks one like to the Son of …
grace
Proverbs 22:11 He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king …
Isaiah 50:4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should …
Luke 4:22 And all bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which …
John 7:46 The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.
God
Psalm 21:6 For you have made him most blessed for ever: you have made him exceeding …
Psalm 72:17-19 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long …
Philippians 2:9-11 Why God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is …
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
Gird
Isaiah 49:2 And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his …
Isaiah 63:1-6 Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? …
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any …
Revelation 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went …
Revelation 19:15,21 And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should smite …
O most
Isaiah 9:6,7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government …
Acts 10:36 The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace …
Romans 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he …
glory
Psalm 21:5 His glory is great in your salvation: honor and majesty have you laid on him.
Psalm 96:6 Honor and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Psalm 104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you …
Psalm 145:5,12 I will speak of the glorious honor of your majesty, and of your wondrous …
Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his …
Hebrews 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such …
Jude 1:25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and …
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
ride [heb.] prosper thou, ride thou
Revelation 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a …
Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat …
prosperously
Psalm 110:2,3 The LORD shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule you …
1 Thessalonians 1:5 For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and …
1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when you …
2 Thessalonians 3:1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have …
because
Psalm 60:4 You have given a banner to them that fear you, that it may be displayed …
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man …
meekness
Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: …
Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke on you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in …
Matthew 12:19,20 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice …
2 Corinthians 10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, …
right
Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces …
Psalm 21:8,9 Your hand shall find out all your enemies: your right hand shall …
Psalm 65:5 By terrible things in righteousness will you answer us, O God of …
Psalm 110:5,6 The Lord at your right hand shall strike through kings in the day …
Isaiah 59:17,18 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation …
Isaiah 63:1-6 Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? …
Luke 19:27 But those my enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, …
2 Thessalonians 1:8,9 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that …
Revelation 6:16,17 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from …
Revelation 11:18 And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time …
Revelation 19:17-21 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud …
Revelation 20:15 And whoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into …
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Thine
Psalm 21:12 Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make …
Psalm 38:2 For your arrows stick fast in me, and your hand presses me sore.
Numbers 24:8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength …
Zechariah 9:13,14 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised …
sharp
Psalm 2:1-9 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing…
Luke 19:42-44 Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day…
Luke 20:18,19 Whoever shall fall on that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever …
Acts 2:37,41 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said …
Acts 5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
Acts 7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they …
people
Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD: and …
Psalm 66:3,4 Say to God, How terrible are you in your works! through the greatness …
Acts 4:4 However, many of them which heard the word believed; and the number …
Acts 5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of …
Acts 6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied …
Romans 15:18,19 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ …
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
throne
Psalm 89:29,36,37 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the …
Psalm 93:2 Your throne is established of old: you are from everlasting.
Psalm 145:13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures …
Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, …
Luke 1:32,33 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and …
Hebrews 1:8 But to the Son he said, Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: …
O God
Isaiah 9:6,7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government …
Jeremiah 23:5,6 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will raise to David …
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was …
the sceptre
Psalm 72:1 Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.
2 Samuel 23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, …
Jeremiah 33:15,16 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness …
Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat …
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Thou
Psalm 33:5 He loves righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness …
Psalm 99:4 The king's strength also loves judgment; you do establish equity, …
Matthew 3:15 And Jesus answering said to him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus …
Hebrews 1:9 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, …
Hebrews 7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, …
hatest
Psalm 101:3,4,8 I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them …
Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, …
Luke 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not from where you are; …
Revelation 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defiles, …
God. or, O God
thy God
Psalm 89:26 He shall cry to me, You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed …
John 20:17 Jesus said to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my …
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed …
hath
Psalm 89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
Leviticus 8:12 And he poured of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, and anointed …
1 Samuel 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the middle …
1 Kings 1:39,40 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and …
1 Kings 19:16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Israel…
Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed …
Luke 3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove on him, …
Luke 4:18-21 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach …
John 3:34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not …
oil
Psalm 21:6 For you have made him most blessed for ever: you have made him exceeding …
1 Kings 1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and …
Acts 2:28 You have made known to me the ways of life; you shall make me full …
above
John 1:16 And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed …
Colossians 1:18,19 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, …
Hebrews 2:14 For as much then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, …
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
All
Songs 1:3,13 Because of the smell of your good ointments your name is as ointment …
Songs 3:6 Who is this that comes out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, …
Songs 4:6,13,14 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to …
Songs 5:1,5,13 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my …
Matthew 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child …
John 19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by …
2 Corinthians 2:14-16 Now thanks be to God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, …
cassia
Exodus 30:23,24 Take you also to you principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred …
ivory
Psalm 45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter …
1 Kings 22:39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory …
Amos 3:15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the …
John 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would …
whereby
Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fullness of …
Hebrews 12:2 Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the …
Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Kings
Psalm 45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich …
Psalm 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the …
Songs 6:8,9 There are three score queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins …
Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing …
Isaiah 60:10,11 And the sons of strangers shall build up your walls, and their kings …
Revelation 21:24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of …
upon
1 Kings 2:9,19 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for you are a wise man, and …
queen
Songs 4:8-11 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look …
John 3:29 He that has the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, …
Ephesians 5:26,27 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word…
Revelation 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage …
Revelation 21:2,9 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God …
gold
1 Kings 10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought …
Job 22:24 Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the …
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
Hearken
Songs 2:10-13 My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, …
Isaiah 55:1-3 Ho, every one that thirsts, come you to the waters, and he that has …
2 Corinthians 6:17,18 Why come out from among them, and be you separate, said the Lord, …
2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves …
forget
Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall …
Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get you out of your country, and …
Deuteronomy 21:13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and …
Deuteronomy 33:9 Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither …
Matthew 10:37 He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: …
Matthew 19:29 And every one that has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, …
Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, …
2 Corinthians 5:16 Why from now on know we no man after the flesh: yes, though we have …
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
So shall
Songs 1:8,12-16 If you know not, O you fairest among women, go your way forth by …
Songs 2:2,14 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters…
Songs 4:1-5,7,9,10 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' …
Songs 6:4 You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible …
Songs 7:1-10 How beautiful are your feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the …
Isaiah 62:4,5 You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any …
Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God in the middle of you is mighty; he will save, he …
Ephesians 5:26,27 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word…
lord
Psalm 45:6 Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the scepter of your kingdom …
Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and …
Jeremiah 23:5,6 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will raise to David …
John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said to him, My LORD and my God.
Acts 10:36 The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace …
Romans 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he …
Philippians 2:10,11 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, …
Philippians 3:8 Yes doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency …
worship
Psalm 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when …
Psalm 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
Luke 24:52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
John 4:21,22 Jesus said to her, Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when you shall …
Revelation 5:8-14 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty …
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
And the
Isaiah 23:17,18 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the …
Acts 21:3-6 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and …
with
Psalm 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the …
Isaiah 60:6,7 The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian …
Matthew 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child …
rich
Psalm 22:29 All they that be fat on earth shall eat and worship: all they that …
Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing …
Isaiah 60:3,10,11 And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness …
favour [heb.] face
The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
king's
Psalm 45:9,10 Kings' daughters were among your honorable women: on your right hand …
Songs 7:1 How beautiful are your feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the …
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my …
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, …
Revelation 19:7,8 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage …
all glorious
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the …
Luke 11:40 You fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which …
Romans 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that …
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things …
1 Peter 3:3,4 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the …
clothing
Psalm 45:9 Kings' daughters were among your honorable women: on your right hand …
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, …
Matthew 22:11,12 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which …
Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ to …
Romans 13:14 But put you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for …
Revelation 3:18 I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be …
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
She
Songs 1:4 Draw me, we will run after you: the king has brought me into his …
John 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom you have given me, be with me …
2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused …
raiment
Exodus 28:39 And you shall embroider the coat of fine linen, and you shall make …
Judges 5:30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man …
virgins
Songs 1:3,5 Because of the smell of your good ointments your name is as ointment …
Songs 2:7 I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the …
Songs 5:8,9 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that …
Songs 6:1,8,13 Where is your beloved gone, O you fairest among women? where is your …
Songs 8:13 You that dwell in the gardens, the companions listen to your voice: …
Revelation 14:1-4 And I looked, and, see, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with …
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
With
Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with …
Isaiah 51:11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing …
Isaiah 55:12,13 For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains …
Isaiah 60:19,20 The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness …
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my …
Jude 1:24 Now to him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present …
Revelation 7:15-17 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and …
they shall
Isaiah 56:5 Even to them will I give in my house and within my walls a place …
John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive …
Revelation 3:12,21 Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, …
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
Instead
Psalm 22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Matthew 19:29 And every one that has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, …
Mark 10:29,30 And Jesus answered and said, Truly I say to you, There is no man …
Philippians 3:7,8 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ…
children
Isaiah 49:21,22 Then shall you say in your heart, Who has begotten me these, seeing …
Isaiah 54:1-5 Sing, O barren, you that did not bear; break forth into singing, …
Isaiah 60:1-5 Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of the LORD is …
Galatians 4:26,27 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all…
princes
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, …
Revelation 1:6 And has made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to him be …
Revelation 5:10 And have made us to our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection: on …
I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
I will
Psalm 22:30,31 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation…
Psalm 72:17-19 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long …
Psalm 145:4-7 One generation shall praise your works to another, and shall declare …
Isaiah 59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, said the LORD; My spirit …
Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same …
Matthew 26:13 Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the …
1 Corinthians 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show …
therefore
Psalm 72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long …
Songs 6:9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, …
Isaiah 61:9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring …
Isaiah 62:3 You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a …
