Text -- Psalms 45:10 (NET)

45:10 Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 45:10

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.”