gengwall

Hey Cheryl and crew. Wow. Long time.

We ran across a verse in our Torah study today which is greatly troubling me. I’m sorry for bringing it up on such an old post but this is the most appropriate place for the discussion. The verse is Psalm 45:11 (or 12 in the Hebrew bible)

Then the King will desire your beauty.
Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him. (NASB)

I presume this verse is Messianic and therefore talks about, or at least has relevance to, the marriage relationship between Christ and the church. Since Paul references the Christ/church marriage directly in the Ephesians 5 marriage section, it seems reasonable to link these two passages. Yet Psalm 45:11 seems to blatantly call for a hierarchy in marriage, not so much because of the reverence, which Paul also suggests in Ephesians 5, but because of the designation of the husband as lord. I don’t know how to reconcile this and hope that you or others here can help me.

I did search to see if you have written specifically about this Psalm 45 verse, so I feel this is the most appropriate place to open this discussion. If there is a better forum to discuss it, please let me know.