Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 45:3

3. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh , O most mighty: with thy glory and thy majesty .

Either, 1. As an Ensign of Royal Majesty. But that is usually and much better expressed in Scripture, by putting a Crown upon his head. Or rather, 2. As an Instrument for War and Battel, to smite his Enemies, as it is declared, v. 4, 5. And the Sword is here put Synecdochically for all his Arms, as it is in many other places, as appears from v. 5. where we read also of his Arrows. And this Sword of the Messi[illegible: 1+ letters]s is nothing else, but the Word of God coming out of his Mouth, which is fitly Compared to a Sword, as may appear from Isa. 49. 2. Eph. 6. 17. Heb. 4. 12. Revel. 1. 16. which is elsewhere called the Rod of his Mouth, Isa. 11. 4, and the Rod of his Power, Psal. 110. 2.

Or, which is thy Glory and thy Majesty; Or, magnificence or Beauty: For these Words are joyned with the Snord, by way of apposition. Which Sword or Word is the great Instrument of maintaining and propagating thy Honour, and Glory, and Kingdom.