Psalms 45:12
And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy people and thy father's house.
Cross References
Psalms 68:29Command thy strength, O God: confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us.
Song of Solomon 2:14My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.
Isaiah 23:17And it shall come to pass after seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and will bring her back again to her traffic: and she shall commit fornication again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
Isaiah 60:3And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.
Isaiah 60:10And the children of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister to thee: for in my wrath have I struck thee, and in my reconciliation have I had mercy upon thee.
Acts 21:3And when we had discovered Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed into Syria, and came to Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 45:11-17
The Glory of the Church. 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; 11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. 13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. 14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that… Read the whole commentary →