Recap: Though the immediate context of the Psalm is an earthly royal wedding, it is Messianic and prophetically speaks of the rule of the Lord and the beautiful relation between the Lord and his people. The Psalm consists of an introduction (1), the descriptions of the greatness of the King (2-5), rule of the King (6-9), allegiance of the bride (10-12), bridal procession (13-15), princes of the King.
| 45: | 10 | Listen, O daughter, |
| Consider and incline your ear; | ||
| Forget your own people also, and your father’s house; | ||
| 11 | So the King will greatly desire your beauty; | |
| Because He is your Lord, worship Him. | ||
| 12 | And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; | |
| The rich among the people will seek your favor. |
This portion is exhorting the bride to forget all other earthly relations and join to the bridegroom. This reminds of the command "a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife ..." (Genesis 2:24). When we consider this Psalm as messianic, the bride is Church and the exhortation to the church is fully submit to Christ.
V 10. A necessary condition to develop intimacy in marriage is that both bride and groom should have at most devotion to one another. The word forget can be understood as giving prime devotion to the groom.
V 11. When this happens, the King will desire her beauty. The beauty here is not the external one. The beauty is internal one as evident from her submission and total loyalty to the King who is her groom.
V 12. Tyre at that point of time a pagan city and it indicate the bride might have been from that place. We have indications that Solomon had wife from this area (1 Kings 11:1). Prophetically, this points to the fact that Church is predominantly gentile.
Prayer: Father, we adore you for beauty of the marriage and reality of the inseparable relation between Christ and the Church. It is so humbling to know that you desire my devotion to You. Oh Lord, help me to enjoy this beautiful relation in my life. Help me to have my absolute and total devotion to you. Amen.