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Forget your people and your family far away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/45.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear: forget your people and your father’s house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/45.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/45.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/45.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Listen, O daughter, Consider and incline your ear; Forget your own people also, and your father’s house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/45.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/45.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father&#8217s house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/45.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear; Forget your people and your father’s house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/45.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/45.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear [to my instruction]: Forget your people and your father’s house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/45.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Listen, daughter, pay attention and consider: Forget your people and your father’s house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/45.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Listen, daughter, pay attention and consider: forget your people and your father&#8217s house, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/45.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/45.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Bride of the king, listen carefully to me. Forget your own people and your father's family. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/45.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/45.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Listen, daughter! Look closely! Turn your ear [toward me]. Forget your people, and forget your father's house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/45.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Bride of the king, listen to what I say--forget your people and your relatives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/45.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Listen, daughter! Consider and pay attention. Forget your people and your father's house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/45.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father?s house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/45.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/45.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/45.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thy ear; forget also thy own people, and thy father's house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/45.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/45.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Listen, O daughter, and see, incline your ear, "" And forget your people, and your father’s house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/45.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/45.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear, and forget thy people and thy father's house;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/45.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy people and thy father's house. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/45.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 44:11>Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear. And forget your people and your father’s house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/45.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Listen, my daughter, and understand; pay me careful heed. Forget your people and your father’s house, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/45.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear; forget your people and your father’s house,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/45.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Hearken, O my daughter, and consider and incline your ear; forget also your own people and your father's house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/45.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Hear, my daughter, and see, and incline your ear, and forget your people and your father's house.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/45.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/45.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father's house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/45-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=5400" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/45.htm">My Heart is Stirred by a Noble Theme</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šim·‘î- (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">Listen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: ḇaṯ (N-fs) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">O daughter!</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: ū·rə·’î (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">Consider</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: wə·haṭ·ṭî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-fs) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">and incline</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: ’ā·zə·nêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear.">your ear:</a> <a href="/hebrew/7911.htm" title="7911: wə·šiḵ·ḥî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To forget. Or shakeach; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. To be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.">Forget</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">your people</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇîḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">and your father’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ū·ḇêṯ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">house,</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a></span><br />For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-31.htm">Ephesians 5:31-32</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-5.htm">Matthew 19:5</a></span><br />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’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-10.htm">1 Corinthians 7:10-11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-1.htm">1 Peter 3:1-6</a></span><br />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, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/1-16.htm">Ruth 1:16-17</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/songs/1-4.htm">Song of Solomon 1:4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-5.htm">Isaiah 54:5</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-14.htm">Jeremiah 3:14</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-19.htm">Hosea 2:19-20</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-2.htm">2 Corinthians 11:2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Revelation 19:7-8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-2.htm">Revelation 21:2</a></span><br />I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-1.htm">Matthew 25:1-13</a></span><br />“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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/14-26.htm">Luke 14:26</a></span><br />“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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget also your own people, and your father's house;</p><p class="hdg">Hearken</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/songs/2-10.htm">Song of Solomon 2:10-13</a></b></br> My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">Isaiah 55:1-3</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17,18</a></b></br> Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean <i>thing</i>; and I will receive you, … </p><p class="hdg">forget</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a></b></br> Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1</a></b></br> 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:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/21-13.htm">Deuteronomy 21:13</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/39-12.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/psalms/37-37.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/psalms/17-8.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/esther/4-14.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/psalms/44-24.htm">Forget</a> <a href="/psalms/39-12.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/psalms/34-11.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/psalms/42-4.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/31-2.htm">Incline</a> <a href="/psalms/39-10.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/psalms/42-6.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Open</a> <a href="/psalms/44-24.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/psalms/44-18.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/49-1.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/psalms/48-13.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/psalms/45-12.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/psalms/49-1.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-8.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/psalms/50-22.htm">Forget</a> <a href="/psalms/49-1.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/psalms/58-5.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/psalms/45-13.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/49-4.htm">Incline</a> <a href="/psalms/60-10.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/psalms/50-22.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/psalms/49-1.htm">Open</a> <a href="/psalms/48-9.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/psalms/46-5.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 45</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/45-1.htm">The majesty and grace of Christ's kingdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/45-10.htm">The duty of the church, and the benefits thereof</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "daughter" can be understood as addressing the bride in the psalm, symbolizing the church or the people of God. In biblical times, daughters were often seen as representatives of their families, and this call to listen signifies a shift in allegiance and identity.<p><b>Consider and incline your ear:</b><br>The call to "consider" and "incline your ear" suggests a deliberate and thoughtful response. It implies a need for discernment and understanding, urging the listener to be receptive to divine wisdom. This echoes <a href="/proverbs/2-2.htm">Proverbs 2:2</a>, where inclining the ear to wisdom is encouraged, highlighting the importance of being attentive to God's guidance.<p><b>Forget your people and your father’s house,</b><br>This directive to "forget" one's people and father's house signifies a transition from old allegiances to a new commitment. In the context of a royal wedding, it reflects the bride's need to leave her family and fully embrace her new life with the king. Spiritually, it can be seen as a call to forsake former ways and fully commit to a relationship with God, reminiscent of Abraham's call to leave his country and family in <a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1</a>. This also prefigures the call of Christ to His followers to prioritize their relationship with Him above all else, as seen in <a href="/luke/14-26.htm">Luke 14:26</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_daughter.htm">The Daughter</a></b><br>Symbolically represents the bride, often interpreted as the Church or the people of God, called to a new identity and relationship.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_king.htm">The King</a></b><br>Implied in the context of the Psalm, representing Christ as the bridegroom to whom the daughter is being united.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/father's_house.htm">Father’s House</a></b><br>Represents the old life, past allegiances, and former ways that the daughter is called to leave behind.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_royal_wedding.htm">The Royal Wedding</a></b><br>The broader context of <a href="/bsb/psalms/45.htm">Psalm 45</a> is a royal wedding, symbolizing the union between Christ and His Church.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_psalmist.htm">The Psalmist</a></b><br>The author of the Psalm, traditionally attributed to the sons of Korah, who provides a prophetic and poetic vision of this union.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_new_allegiance.htm">Call to New Allegiance</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to prioritize our relationship with Christ above all earthly ties and past identities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_listening_and_obedience.htm">Spiritual Listening and Obedience</a></b><br>The verse emphasizes the importance of listening and inclining our hearts to God's call, requiring active engagement and response.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transformation_and_renewal.htm">Transformation and Renewal</a></b><br>Leaving behind the "father’s house" symbolizes a transformation into a new creation in Christ, shedding old ways and embracing a new life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_in_christ.htm">Identity in Christ</a></b><br>Our primary identity is found in our relationship with Christ, which redefines our purpose and direction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_christ.htm">Commitment to Christ</a></b><br>Just as a bride commits to her husband, we are called to a deep, committed relationship with Christ, marked by love and devotion.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_45.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 45</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_hebrews_10_5-7_alter_psalm_40.htm">Hebrews 10:5-7 quotes Psalm 40 differently than the Hebrew text ('a body you prepared' vs. 'my ears you have opened'); does this suggest an alteration of Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_ophir's_gold_in_psalm_45_9_proven.htm">Is there any conclusive archaeological proof for the specific 'gold of Ophir' mentioned in Psalm 45:9, and, if not, does this cast doubt on the psalm's accuracy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_lifelong_servitude_ethical.htm">In Exodus 21:2-6, how is the practice of permanently marking a servant's ear and lifelong servitude reconciled with moral or ethical standards?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_child_sacrifice.htm">What does the Bible say about child sacrifice?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/45.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Hearken.</span>--The address now turns to the bride.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/45.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear</span>. 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 <span class="accented">entourage.</span> First of all, he bids her "hearken," "consider," and "incline her ear," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> 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. <span class="cmt_word">Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.</span> 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/45-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Listen,</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁמְעִי־</span> <span class="translit">(šim·‘î-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O daughter,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(ḇaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">observe</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֭רְאִי</span> <span class="translit">(ū·rə·’î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and incline</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַטִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·haṭ·ṭî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your ear:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָזְנֵ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·zə·nêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_241.htm">Strong's 241: </a> </span><span class="str2">Broadness, the ear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Forget</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׁכְחִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šiḵ·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7911.htm">Strong's 7911: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֝מֵּ֗ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your father’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִֽיךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇîḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">house,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבֵ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/45-10.htm">Psalm 45:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/45-10.htm">Psalm 45:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/45-10.htm">Psalm 45:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/45-10.htm">Psalm 45:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/45-10.htm">Psalm 45:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/45-10.htm">Psalm 45:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/45-10.htm">Psalm 45:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/45-10.htm">Psalm 45:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/45-10.htm">Psalm 45:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/45-10.htm">Psalm 45:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/45-10.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 45:10 Listen daughter consider and turn your ear (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/45-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 45:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 45:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/45-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 45:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 45:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>