Psalms 45:1-17

45:8 | Ancient Semitic wedding customs celebrated the groom more than the bride. The guests eagerly awaited glimpses of his clothing and attendants. The grand march played for his arrival, not the bride’s. Myrrh and aloes and cassia were burial spices, similar to what the women took to the tomb on Easter Sunday morning, in order to wrap Jesus’ body to preserve it. These same spices were present at the wedding.

45:10 | The bride, who was not an Israelite, was supposed to leave (forget) her family to be joined with her husband, who was a king over God’s people. In the same way, believers must forsake their attachment to earthly things to be joined with Christ (Luke 14:26-33).