Psalms 45:10

Hearken, O daughter The Psalmist adopts the tone of an authoritative teacher and uses language resembling that of the Wise Man to his disciples in the opening chapter of Proverbs (Proverbs 1:8, and frequently). The exhortation seems strange until it is remembered that the marriage was probably a matter of state policy, and that the bride would not even have seen her future husband.

forget&c. Cast no lingering looks of regret behind, but adapt thyself to the new home and new conditions. Perhaps, as the Targ. suggests, there may be a special reference to religious beliefs and customs. It has been thought that Pharaoh's daughter embraced Judaism, as Egyptian deities are not mentioned among those for which Solomon made high places. See Lumby on 1 Kings 3:1.