women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and in-cline 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 follow her shall be brought unto thee.

15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.

16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

This is a highly mystical Psalm. All the allusions throughout it are to the deepest of the Divine things revealed to man. This is explained in the first verse which is a preface to the rest. The Psalm is “touching the king” (Ps. LXI: 6). Now to those

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