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Psalms 45:8

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 45:8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia; literally, myrrh and aloes [and] cassia are thy garments. The "and" before "cassia" appears in four manuscripts, and in all the ancient versions.

The garments are so impregnated with spices as to seem made of them. Out of the ivory palaces. "Ivory palaces" are mentioned in and . We must understand "palaces adorned with ivory."

Whereby they have made thee glad. So Hengstenberg, Kay, Professor Alexander, and others. But most moderns render, "Out of the ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad."

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