Psalms 45:10

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

Listen, O daughter, consider and give ear: Forget your people and your father’s house.

Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house;

Listen to me, O royal daughter; take to heart what I say. Forget your people and your homeland far away.

"Now listen, daughter, don't miss a word: forget your country, put your home behind you.

O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your ear be open; no longer keep in mind your people, and your father’s house;

Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear; forget your people and your father’s house,

Listen, O daughter, Consider and incline your ear; Forget your own people also, and your father’s house;

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

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.”