Albert Barnes Commentary Psalms 45:14

"She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee." — Psalms 45:14 (ASV)

She shall be brought to the king - She shall be conducted to the king in the marriage procession, and be presented to him, dressed in this magnificent attire. The entire imagery is that of an Oriental marriage procession, where the bride is conducted to her future husband, attended by her virgin companions, or (as we should say) “bridesmaids.”

In raiment of needlework - The word used here properly means “something variegated” or “multicolored,” and would here denote a garment of various colors, or “multicolored attire.” The word—רקמה riqmâh—occurs in the following places: Judges 5:30 (twice, where, as here, it is rendered “needlework”); 1 Chronicles 29:2; Ezekiel 17:3 (rendered “divers colors”); and Ezekiel 16:10, Ezekiel 16:13, Ezekiel 16:18; Ezekiel 26:16; Ezekiel 27:7, Ezekiel 27:16, Ezekiel 27:24 (where it is rendered “broidered work”).

It probably refers to embroidery or needlework, though the particular idea is the variegated appearance of the garment rather than the manner in which it is made.

The virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought to you - Literally, “virgins after her, her companions, brought to you.” That is, they will be brought to the king. They will come in the same state as the queen herself; they, her companions, will be of such illustrious rank and birth, and so richly dressed, that even they will be regarded as worthy to be treated as queens, or in the manner of queens.

The design of the whole is to show the rank, the dignity, and the splendor of the bride—herself gorgeously attired, and attended by companions so exalted as to be worthy of being treated as queens themselves.

If this is to be regarded as applicable to the church, the Lamb’s wife (Revelation 21:9), it is designed to describe that church as beautiful and glorious, and as worthy of the affection of its Saviour. .