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The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
Psalms 45:13 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
  • BSB All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.
  • NKJV The royal daughter is all glorious within the palace; Her clothing is woven with gold.
  • NASB ¶The King’s daughter is all glorious within; Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
  • NLT The bride, a princess, looks glorious in her golden gown.

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Quick answer

The princess within is all glorious, her clothing woven with gold. It matters because the bride's splendor pictures the beauty Christ gives His church.

Overview

The bride is described as wholly glorious, richly adorned. Her inner and outer beauty befit her royal husband. This points to the church, made glorious not by her own merit but clothed by Christ in the gold of His righteousness, presented radiant to her King.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 15

  • Rev 19:7–8Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”
  • Isa 61:10I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  • Matt 5:16Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
  • Rom 13:14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
  • Luke 11:40You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?
  • Rom 3:22even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
  • Rev 3:18I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
  • 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
  • 2 Cor 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
  • Ps 45:9–10Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
  • 1 Pet 3:3–4Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;
  • Song 7:1How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince’s daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.
  • 1 Sam 16:7But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
  • Matt 22:11–12But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing,
  • Rom 2:29but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 45:13 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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