Psalm 45:10-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 Daughters of kings are your lovely wives;
a princess arrayed in Ophir’s gold[a]
comes to stand at your right hand.
III
11 Listen, my daughter, and understand;
pay me careful heed.
Forget your people and your father’s house,[b]
12 that the king might desire your beauty.
He is your lord;
Footnotes
- 45:10 Ophir’s gold: uncertain location, possibly a region on the coast of southern Arabia or eastern Africa, famous for its gold, cf. 1 Kgs 9:28; 10:11; Jb 22:24.
- 45:11 Forget your people and your father’s house: the bride should no longer consider herself a daughter of her father’s house, but the wife of the king—the queen.
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