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10 Daughters of kings are your lovely wives;
    a princess arrayed in Ophir’s gold[a]
    comes to stand at your right hand.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.

10 Listen, daughter,(A) and pay careful attention:(B)
    Forget your people(C) and your father’s house.

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11 Listen, my daughter, and understand;
    pay me careful heed.
Forget your people and your father’s house,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 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.

11 Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;(A)
    honor(B) him, for he is your lord.(C)

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12     that the king might desire your beauty.
He is your lord;

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12 The city of Tyre(A) will come with a gift,[a](B)
    people of wealth will seek your favor.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 45:12 Or A Tyrian robe is among the gifts

16 They are led in with glad and joyous acclaim;
    they enter the palace of the king.

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16 Your sons will take the place of your fathers;
    you will make them princes(A) throughout the land.

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