Psalms 45:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

The address to the Bride-elect (Psalms 45:10-12) has now met a cordial response in her heart; so the procession moves from her father's house into the palace of the King.

The King's daughter is all glorious within - i:e., in the interior of the King's palace, "within" which she stands on His right hand; not, as some explain it, her glory is an inner spiritual glory. The Hebrew expresses a local interior (Leviticus 10:18; 1 Kings 6:18). At the same time, her inner communion with her Lord within His palace is the cause of her outward glory. That the same Israel is called the King's bride, and yet "the King's daughter," shows the spiritual nature of the psalm. She is the daughter of the Heavenly King in one point of view, and at the same time His Bride in another (James 1:18). So the double relation is combined, Revelation 21:7; Revelation 21:9, "my son ... the bride, the Lamb's wife."

Psalms 45:13

13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.