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A Heart Boiling Over
Commentators unanimously point out that the phrase "my heart overfloweth" literally means to "boil" or "bubble up." This isn't a calm, calculated poem but a passionate, Spirit-filled eruption of praise. The psalmist's heart is so full of love and adoration for the King that it cannot be contained, setting a model for worship that comes from deep, heartfelt emotion.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 45:1
18th Century
Theologian
My heart is inditing – That is, I am engaged in inditing a good matter, though implying at the same time that it was a work of the …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 45:1
19th Century
Bishop
Inditing. —A most unfortunate rendering of a word, which, though only used here, must, from the meaning of its derivative (a “pot,…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 45:1
19th Century
Preacher
My heart is inditing a good matter:
A good instrument – the heart refined and sanctified – a good subject, for, says he:
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John Calvin
On Psalms 45:1
16th Century
Theologian
My heart is boiling over with a good matter. This preface shows sufficiently that the subject of the psalm is no common one; for whoever i…
John Gill
On Psalms 45:1
17th Century
Pastor
My heart is inditing a good matter
What is valuable and excellent, concerning the excellency of Christ's person, of …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 45:1–5
17th Century
Minister
The psalmist's tongue was guided by the Spirit of God, just as the pen is by the hand of a ready writer. This psalm is touching the King Jesus, His…