Psalm 45:13 (WEB)
The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
Fathers and councils · 16
Gregory of Nyssa
“Since then there is no beauty in what is obvious in the saying (for “all the glory of the king’s daughter is within,” shining with its hidden ornament in golden thoughts), Solomon of necessity suggests to the readers of this book “the turn of the saying,” that thereby they…” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 13 (LXX.).
Read the whole comment
Jerome
“And in the forty-fifth psalm we read,“at thy right hand doth stand the queen in a vesture of gold wrought about with divers colours.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 9, 13, 14.
Read the whole comment“Let the child emulate her of whom it is written that “the king’s daughter is all glorious within.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 13.
Read the whole comment“She stood as a queen at his right hand, her clothing of wrought gold and her raiment of needlework.” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 9, 13, 14.
Read the whole comment“You smile, and with hand uplifted and a snap of the fingers retort, “All the glory of the king’s daughter is within.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 13.
Read the whole comment
Athanasius of Alexandria
“And the words addressed to the Son in the hundred and forty-fourth Psalm, ‘Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages,’ forbid any one to imagine any interval at all in which the Word did not exist.” — editor's note: Ps. cxlv. 13.
Read the whole comment“…hand;’ and, ‘Thy Throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy Kingdom;’ and, ‘Thy Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom;’ it is plain that even before He became man, He was King and Lord everlasting, being Image and Word of the Father.” — editor's note: Ps. cxlv. 13.
Read the whole comment
Augustine of Hippo
“Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6–17
Read the whole comment““All the glory of her, the King’s daughter, is from within” (ver. 13).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“What are her words? what her conscience? what is the “appearance of the king’s daughter within”?” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 13.
Read the whole comment“…that our blessedness is within; as it is said of the soul of the Church by the mouth of the prophet, “All the beauty of the king’s daughter is within;” for outwardly revilings, and persecutions, and disparagements are promised; and yet, from these things there is a great reward in heaven, which is felt in the…” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 13.
Read the whole comment“…fair are they without, and outwardly they shine, they disguise themselves by the name of righteousness; “but all the beauty of the King’s daughter is within.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 13.
Read the whole comment“Therefore shall the people acknowledge thee for evermore, even for ever and ever.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 9–17.
Read the whole comment
Origen
- Origen, De Principiis IV.3Book IV
“…the language the ornate composition of feeble human eloquence, but to hold, according to the scriptural statement, that “all the glory of the King is within,” and that the treasure of divine meaning is enclosed within the frail vessel of the common letter.” — editor's note: Omnis gloria regis intrinsecus est. Heb., Sept., and Vulgate all read, “daughter of the king.” Probably the omission of “filiæ” in the text may be due to an…
Read the whole comment
John Chrysostom
“Of such as the prophet names, “clothed in fringed work of gold, and in varied colors” ( Ps. xlv. 13 ), not so as to make the body white and glistering, but so as to beautify the soul.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment
Basil the Great
“The Lord is faithful in all His words.” — editor's note: Ps. cxlv. 13, LXX.
Read the whole comment
Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen Chapter 5.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.5.
Cited together in Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen Chapter 5.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.5.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.5.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.5.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.5.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.5.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.5.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.5.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.5.
Cited together in Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen Chapter 5.