Ps. 45.12 (the queen's sphere: world's benefactor)

“Then, / a princess of Tyre / will bring you / a gift; - the wealthiest people / will court / your favor.” Once she has been brought within the ambit of the king, the queen, almost literally, shines to world. Her beauty, within his sphere, is heightened, much the same way that his regal authority was established and made perpetual in and through the election of God. The word order supports this: the king ‘desires her beauty’ – then – she becomes internationally recognized. This is a profoundly important point as her beauty becomes absolutized to the world in much the same way that the king’s martial ability was in the first half; in a way, just as her beauty is ‘internationalized’ and spreads beyond the borders of the kings’ territory, conquering the admiration of the world, in an analogous way that the king’s military abilities were international. By being ‘contained within the king’ she becomes revealed to the world. Now, she is an international object of desire. In the eschatological works of the Bible the nations attraction to Israel is a sign of the blessing of God (the nations stream to Jerusalem in order to receive instruction and the ‘wealth of nations’ is poured out upon them). They become the locus of worldly, lavish blessing. Here, the queen moves into that space, in some manner, and becomes a ‘magnet’ to the world. She becomes a benefactor, deserving of not only the world’s gifts but their profound respect. They will, as she did, “leave their people” in order to journey to her (even the “princess of Tyre”). They will, therefore, through her, be called upon to experience a type of alienation and subservience to the king – in and through her mediating to the world of the king’s authorial power and desire. And here we see how the queen is provided an avenue of approach to the world that is unlike the king’s—this is hers—the king approaches the world militarily; she approaches the world as a benefactor and, in a sense, a patron (for, surely, the ‘gifts’ given to her are being brought within her realm of authority and not ‘mere gifts’; they are signs of homage).