Breaking News Part 4: You Are Anointed with Joy

Psalm 45 has been called a ‘King’s Wedding Song’. It brims with royal pageantry and wedding imagery. The bridegroom here is a King of God’s people, preparing to marry the one he loves. This Psalm was probably used at many royal weddings in ancient Israel.

Later in Israel’s history, this Psalm came to be seen as a picture of the promised Messiah-King, who…