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Pentecost Season · Proper 9 · Year A

Psalm 45:10-17 or Song of Songs 2:8-13

A Royal Wedding Song

July 5, 2026

The Jewish Bride, Rembrandt van Rijn
The Jewish Bride, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1665–1669Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Nobody knows who they are or what the title means; it was attached two centuries later. Van Gogh said he would give ten years of his life to sit in front of it for a fortnight.These readings use marriage for what God is doing, and this is the most convincing painting of tenderness between two people in European art.Rembrandt van RijnRembrandt (1606-1669) painted scripture as if it had happened in a room he had been in, and returned to the same stories across forty years, changing his mind about them in public.Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamThe Netherlands' national museum, built around the Dutch Golden Age and reopened in 2013 after a ten-year rebuilding.Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMt. 11:16-19, 25-30Mt 11:16-19, 25-30
EpistleRom. 7:15-25aRom 7:15-25a
Old TestamentGen. 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67Gn 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67Alt. OTZech. 9:9-12Zec 9:9-12
PsalterPs. 45:10-17Ps 45:10-17 orSong 2:8-13Sg 2:8-13Alt. PsalmPs. 145:8-14Ps 145:8-14

Overview & Insights

“and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him.” (Psalm 45:11)

This royal wedding song addresses the bride, urging her to honor the king as her lord. It closes by promising that her sons will be princes remembered through all generations.

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Commentary

Psalm 45 CommentaryPs 45 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse by verse evangelical exposition of the psalm.

Psalm 45:10 CommentariesPs 45:10 Commentaries BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries gathered for the verse.

Background & Word Study

Psalm 45 in HebrewPs 45 in Hebrew Sefaria

The Hebrew text with classical Jewish commentary alongside.

Psalm 45:10 InterlinearPs 45:10 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew text with word by word parsing and Strong's numbers.

The Church Fathers

Psalm 45 in the Church FathersPs 45 in the Church Fathers Catena

Patristic and medieval comments verse by verse.

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