Psalms 45:10

Listen, O princess! ¹  Observe and pay attention! ²  Forget your homeland ³  and your family! ⁴ 

Ge 2:24; Ge 12:1; De 21:13; De 33:9; So 2:10-13; Isa 55:1-3; Mt 10:37; Mt 19:29; Lu 14:26; 2Co 5:16; 2Co 6:17,18; 2Co 7:1

¹ tn Heb “daughter.” The Hebrew noun בת (“daughter”) can sometimes refer to a young woman in a general sense (see H. Haag, TDOT 2:334).

sn Listen, O princess. The poet now addresses the bride.

² tn Heb “see and turn your ear.” The verb רָאָה (ra’ah, “see”) is used here of mental observation.

³ tn Heb “your people.” This reference to the “people” of the princess suggests she was a foreigner. Perhaps the marriage was arranged as part of a political alliance between Israel (or Judah) and a neighboring state. The translation “your homeland” reflects such a situation.

⁴ tn Heb “and the house of your father.”