Psalm 45:10
New International Version
Listen, daughter, and pay careful attention: Forget your people and your father’s house.

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

English Standard Version
Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear: forget your people and your father’s house,

Berean Standard Bible
Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

King James Bible
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

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

New American Standard Bible
Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house;

NASB 1995
Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house;

NASB 1977
Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear; Forget your people and your father’s house;

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

Amplified Bible
Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear [to my instruction]: Forget your people and your father’s house;

Christian Standard Bible
Listen, daughter, pay attention and consider: Forget your people and your father’s house,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Listen, daughter, pay attention and consider: forget your people and your father’s house,

American Standard Version
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house:

Contemporary English Version
Bride of the king, listen carefully to me. Forget your own people and your father's family.

English Revised Version
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Listen, daughter! Look closely! Turn your ear [toward me]. Forget your people, and forget your father's house.

Good News Translation
Bride of the king, listen to what I say--forget your people and your relatives.

International Standard Version
Listen, daughter! Consider and pay attention. Forget your people and your father's house,

Majority Standard Bible
Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

NET Bible
Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!

New Heart English Bible
Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house.

Webster's Bible Translation
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thy ear; forget also thy own people, and thy father's house;

World English Bible
Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Listen, O daughter, and see, incline your ear, "" And forget your people, and your father’s house,

Young's Literal Translation
Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,

Smith's Literal Translation
Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear, and forget thy people and thy father's house;
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy people and thy father's house.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear. And forget your people and your father’s house.

New American Bible
Listen, my daughter, and understand; pay me careful heed. Forget your people and your father’s house,

New Revised Standard Version
Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear; forget your people and your father’s house,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Hearken, O my daughter, and consider and incline your ear; forget also your own people and your father's house.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Hear, my daughter, and see, and incline your ear, and forget your people and your father's house.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father's house.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
My Heart is Stirred by a Noble Theme
9The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir. 10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house, 11and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.…

Cross References
Genesis 2:24
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Ephesians 5:31-32
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” / This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

Matthew 19:5
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

1 Corinthians 7:10-11
To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. / But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

1 Peter 3:1-6
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives / when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. / Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, ...

Ruth 1:16-17
But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. / Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

Song of Solomon 1:4
Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

Isaiah 54:5
For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.

Jeremiah 3:14
“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.

Hosea 2:19-20
So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. / And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”

2 Corinthians 11:2
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Revelation 19:7-8
Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. / She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.

Revelation 21:2
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Matthew 25:1-13
“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. / Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. / The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil. ...

Luke 14:26
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.


Treasury of Scripture

Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget also your own people, and your father's house;

Hearken

Song of Solomon 2:10-13
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away…

Isaiah 55:1-3
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price…

2 Corinthians 6:17,18
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, …

forget

Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Genesis 12:1
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

Deuteronomy 21:13
And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

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Psalm 45
1. The majesty and grace of Christ's kingdom
10. The duty of the church, and the benefits thereof














Listen, O daughter
The verse begins with a call to attention, "Listen, O daughter," which is an invitation to heed wisdom and instruction. The term "daughter" is often used in Scripture to denote a beloved or cherished one, suggesting a relationship of care and intimacy. In the Hebrew context, "daughter" (בַּת, "bat") can also symbolize a nation or community, indicating that the message is not just personal but communal. This call to listen is reminiscent of the wisdom literature in Proverbs, where listening is equated with gaining understanding and wisdom.

consider and incline your ear
The phrase "consider and incline your ear" emphasizes the importance of active listening and thoughtful reflection. "Consider" (שָׁכַל, "shakal") implies a deep, meditative thought process, urging the listener to ponder the message carefully. "Incline your ear" suggests a posture of readiness and willingness to receive instruction. This dual action of considering and inclining is a call to engage both the mind and heart, aligning with the biblical principle that true understanding requires both intellectual and emotional engagement.

forget your people and your father's house
This directive to "forget your people and your father's house" is a call to a new allegiance and identity. In the ancient Near Eastern context, leaving one's family was a significant act, often associated with marriage or a covenant relationship. The Hebrew word for "forget" (שָׁכַח, "shakach") implies a deliberate choice to leave behind former ties and loyalties. This mirrors the call of Abraham in Genesis 12:1, where he is asked to leave his country and family to follow God's promise. Spiritually, this can be seen as an invitation to prioritize one's relationship with God above all earthly ties, echoing Jesus' teaching in Matthew 10:37 about loving Him more than family.

(10) Hearken.--The address now turns to the bride.

Verse 10. - Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear. The psalmist, having introduced the bride to our notice in ver. 9, proceeds to address her, and to describe the glories of her person and of her entourage. First of all, he bids her "hearken," "consider," and "incline her ear," i.e. reflect deeply on the new relation in which she is about to be placed, the new sphere which she is entering, the new duties which she will have to discharge. She must give herself wholly to her Lord and Spouse; she must have no thought for any one but him. Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house. She must break with all associations and bends and relationships that would separate between her and her King, forget the past in the present, cease to Judaize, and be wholly Christ's.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Listen,
שִׁמְעִי־ (šim·‘î-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

O daughter,
בַ֣ת (ḇaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1323: A daughter

observe
וּ֭רְאִי (ū·rə·’î)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

and incline
וְהַטִּ֣י (wə·haṭ·ṭî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

your ear:
אָזְנֵ֑ךְ (’ā·zə·nêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear

Forget
וְשִׁכְחִ֥י (wə·šiḵ·ḥî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention

your people
עַ֝מֵּ֗ךְ (‘am·mêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

and your father’s
אָבִֽיךְ׃ (’ā·ḇîḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1: Father

house,
וּבֵ֥ית (ū·ḇêṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house


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