Psalm 45:3 (WEB)
Strap your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and your majesty.
Fathers and councils · 19
Origen
“Thine arrows are pointed, O mighty One; the people will fall under Thee in the heart of the enemies of the King.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 2–5.
Read the whole comment- Origen, Against Celsus VI.75Book VI
“…Psalm, and why it is then said, “Gird Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O most mighty, with Thy comeliness and beauty; and continue, and prosper, and reign.”” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. xlv. 3, 4 (LXX.).
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“…O Most Mighty, with Thy beauty and Thy fairness, and go forward and proceed prosperously; and rule Thou because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 3, 4.
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Tertullian
““Gird thee,” says David, “the sword upon the thigh.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 3, clause 1 (in LXX. Ps. xliv. 4).
Read the whole comment“Gird Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O most mighty, with Thy glory and Thy majesty.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 2, 3.
Read the whole comment““Gird on Thy sword,” says David, “upon Thy thigh.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 3.
Read the whole comment“For when by David Christ is sung as “girded with His sword upon His thigh,” or by Isaiah as “taking away the spoils of Samaria and the power of Damascus,” you make Him out to be really and truly a warrior confest to the eye.” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 3.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Thou canst not, then, heretic, build up a false doctrine from the custom of human procreation, nor yet gather the wherewithal for such work from our discourse, for we cannot compass the greatness of infinite Godhead, “of Whose greatness there is no end,” in our straitened speech.” — editor's note: Ps. cxlv. 3.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Gird Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O most Mighty” (ver. 3).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…to what he saith, “Gird Thou Thy sword about Thy thigh, O Most Mighty: in Thy beauty and in Thy goodliness, both go on, and prosperously proceed, and reign:” so he doth not wish, but doth prophesy, who saith, “Pour forth Thine anger upon the nations which have not known Thee.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 3, 4.
Read the whole comment“For he saith in another Psalm, “Gird Thee with Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O Thou most mighty: the people shall fall under Thee:” using the word accingere, not cingere, nor præcingere: this word being applied to the act of attaching anything to the side by girding it.” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 3.
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.
Read the whole comment“They observed that He was very meek, very gentle: for of Him it had been previously foretold, “Gird Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O most Mighty; in Thy splendor and beauty urge on, march on prosperously, and reign, because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 3, 4.
Read the whole comment“For it is His [reply], from whom the prophetic voice had issued before, “Make for thy goal (literally, take aim), and advance prosperously and reign, because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 4. In the Hebrew text, at the close of verse 4 and beginning of verse 5 (Eng. Ver. verses 3 and 4), there is a repetition of the word והדרך, which in…
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
“…for, “He shall come, the Desire of all nations;” [Hag 2:7] ‘beautiful to behold,’ according to that, “Beautiful in form before the sons of men.” [Ps. 45:3]” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“Since, if “there is no end of His greatness” ( Ps. cxlv. 3 ), and if “of His wisdom there is no number” ( Ps. cxlvii. 5 ), it is clear that there cannot be any beginning in time to His Essence.” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“In those days men said to the warrior: “gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty;” now it is said to Peter: “put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 3.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
“Or, full of grace, inasmuch as His word was gracious, as saith David, Full of grace are thy lips; and truth, (Ps. 45:3) because what Moses and the Prophets spoke or did in figure, Christ did in reality.” — the author cites it
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Cyprian of Carthage
“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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Cross-references · 21
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 33.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 33.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 33.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 33.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.75.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.75.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.75.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 33.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on John 1:14 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 33.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 33.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 33.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.13.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.13.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.13.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 33.