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Psalms 45:12
The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses the royal bridegroom during a wedding procession, noting the bride’s honored status and the king’s claim to her devotion. The verse follows a command for the bride to bow to the king as her lord and precedes a description of the princess’s radiant appearance.
The words — `מִנְחָה` (minchah) literally means a gift or tribute, and `פָּנֶיךָ` (panekha) translates to your face, denoting the monarch’s presence and favor. Together they frame the verse’s concrete action: wealthy outsiders approaching the king with material offerings to secure his attention.
The thread — The motif of foreign elites bringing tribute to a sovereign appears in Psalms 72:10, where distant kings bring gifts, and in Isaiah 60:3, where nations and kings come to the ruler’s light. The response of the wealthy to elevated authority is echoed in Psalms 22:29, which records the rich feasting and worshiping.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that the king’s status commands material submission and that the reader must align their posture with his authority. It requires acknowledging that wealth and foreign powers will ultimately seek his favor, leaving no room for independent allegiance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
Cross-references
- Psalms 22:29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.
- Isaiah 60:3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
- Psalms 72:10 May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
- Isaiah 23:17 And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.
- Isaiah 49:23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
- Matthew 2:11 On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
- Psalms 68:29 Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.
- Isaiah 60:10 Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
- Isaiah 60:6 Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
- Acts 21:3 After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.