Psalm 45:1 (WEB)
My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
Fathers and councils · 22
Tertullian
“On this principle, then, if evil is indeed unbegotten, whilst the Son of God is begotten (“for,” says God, “my heart hath emitted my most excellent Word”), I am not quite sure that evil may not be introduced by good, the stronger by the weak, in the same way as the unbegotten is by the begotten.” — editor's note: On this version of Ps. xlv. 1., and its application by Tertullian, see our Anti-Marcion (p. 299, note 5).
Read the whole comment“…in a way peculiar to Himself, from the womb of His own heart—even as the Father Himself testifies: “My heart,” says He, “hath emitted my most excellent Word.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1. See this reading, and its application, fully discussed in our note 5, p. 66, of the Anti-Marcion, Edin.
Read the whole comment“…to be distinct; I say distinct, but not separate: for as on my part I produce the words of God Himself, “My heart hath emitted my most excellent Word,” so you in like manner ought to adduce in opposition to me some text where God has said, “My heart hath emitted Myself as my own most excellent Word,” in such a…” — editor's note: For this version of Ps. xlv. 1, see our Anti-Marcion, p. 66, note 5, Edin.
Read the whole comment““My heart,” He says, “hath emitted my most excellent Word.”” — editor's note: “Eructavit cor. meum Sermonem optimum” is Tertullian’s reading of Ps. xlv. 1, “My heart is inditing a good matter,” A.V., which the Vulgate, Ps. xliv. 1,…
Read the whole comment“Now this very fact, that He begins with beatitudes, is characteristic of the Creator, who used no other voice than that of blessing either in the first fiat or the final dedication of the universe: for “my heart,” says He, “hath indited a very good word.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1. [And see Vol. I. p. 213, supra.]
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“But to the Son contrariwise; for he has not said ‘I made,’ but ‘I begat,’ and ‘He begets me,’ and ‘My heart uttered a good Word.’” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1.
Read the whole comment- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.7Discourse III
“…see light;’ and the Apostle writes, ‘Who being the Radiance of Glory,’ and again, ‘Who being in the form of God,’ and, ‘Who is the Image of the invisible God.’” — editor's note: Matt. iii. 17; Ps. xlv. 1; John i. 1; Ps. xxxvi. 9; Heb. i. 3; Phil. ii. 26; Col. i. 15.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on John
“(Ps. 45:1) Mary, as became the mother of our Lord, stood before the cross, when the Apostles fled, and with pitiful eyes beheld the wounds of her Son.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“He it is Whom the Father begat before the morning star, as being eternal, He brought Him forth from the womb as the Son; He uttered him from His heart, as the Word.” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. [xliv.] 1.
Read the whole comment“Now a son is so called either by means of adoption or by nature, as we are called sons by means of adoption.” — editor's note: (1) “the word spoken,” etc.—Ps. xlv. 1. Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum.—Vulg. ἐξρεύξατο ἡ καρδία μου λόγον ἀγαθόν.—LXX. (2) “sons by adoption.”—Gal. iv. 4, 5.
Read the whole comment“Hear, then, the Father saying: “My heart hath brought forth out of its depth the good Word.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1.
Read the whole comment“…of the Father,—by the Father, because He is of one Substance with the Father,—by the Father, because He is the Word given forth from the heart of the Father, because He came forth from the Father, because He is begotten of the “bowels of the Father,” because the Father is the Fountain and Root of the Son’s being.” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1.
Read the whole comment“A good testament not of money but of eternal life, which was written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, Who says: “My tongue is the pen of a quickly writing scribe.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. [xliv.] 1.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis IV.1Book IV
“What are we to say, moreover, regarding those prophecies of Christ contained in the Psalms, especially the one with the superscription, “A song for the Beloved;” in which it is stated that “His tongue is the pen of a ready writer; fairer than the children of men;” that “grace is poured into His lips?”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1, 2.
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“And what are we to say regarding the prophecies of Christ in the Psalms, there being a certain ode with the superscription “For the Beloved,” whose” tongue” is said to be the “pen of a ready writer, who is fairer than the sons of men,” since “grace was poured on His lips?”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1, 2.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Mine heart hath uttered a good word” (ver. 1).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For thus there saw you in the Apocalypse a certain one beloved above others by the Lamb, who had been wont to lie on His breast, and who used to drink in, and burst forth, the Word of God above wonders of heaven.” — editor's note: “Eructuabat.” cf. Ps. xlv. 1. Vulg.
Read the whole comment“Myrrh and drops, and cassia from Thy vestments, from the houses of ivory: out of which the daughters of kings have delighted Thee in Thine honor.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1–9.
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Jerome
“You may listen to the psalmist’s words:—“O taste and see that the Lord is good;” you may sing as he does:—“my heart poureth forth a good word.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1, Vulg.
Read the whole comment“…and sings: “O taste and see that the Lord is good;” and “my heart is overflowing with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1, R.V.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“I tell my works to the King.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1. [דָּבָר מוֹב, Hebrew. λογόν, Sept. Verbum, Vulg. Matter, Eng. and Angl. Psalter.]
Read the whole comment“To Thy honour and to Thy beauty both attend, and direct Thyself, and reign, because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1–4.
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