Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your name, Yahweh, endures forever; your renown, Yahweh, throughout all generations.
- BSB Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
- NKJV Your name, O Lord, endures forever, Your fame, O Lord, throughout all generations.
- NASB Your name, Lord, is everlasting, The mention of You, Lord, is throughout all generations.
- NLT Your name, O Lord, endures forever; your fame, O Lord, is known to every generation.
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Quick answer
Yahweh's name and renown endure forever, unchanged through every generation.
Overview
Against the backdrop of His mighty deeds, the psalmist declares that God's character and reputation are everlasting. While nations and kings rise and fall, the Lord's name remains the same and is praised in every age. This eternal faithfulness is the unshakable ground of worship and finds its fullest revelation in Jesus, the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ps 102:12But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
- Exod 3:15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
- Ps 8:1O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
- Ps 72:17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
- Ps 8:9O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
- Ps 89:1I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
- Ps 102:21To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
- Hos 12:5Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
- Matt 6:9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
- Exod 34:5–7And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
- Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
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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.
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