Endnote 15 – Is Psalm 45 an Erotic Poem?

Given the violent imagery, and assuming his wife is a foreign princess, the king’s metaphorical conquest of his queen may symbolize the actual conquest of her people (cf. Christoph Schroeder, “‘A Love Song’: Psalm 45 in the Light of Ancient Near Eastern Marriage Texts,” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 58 [1996], pp. 417–432).