I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.
Parallel translations
- KJV I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
- BSB I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
- NKJV I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations; Therefore the people shall praise You forever and ever.
- NASB I will make Your name known among all generations; Therefore the peoples will praise You forever and ever.
- NLT I will bring honor to your name in every generation. Therefore, the nations will praise you forever and ever.
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Quick answer
The poet vows to make the king's name remembered through all generations, so peoples will praise him forever. It matters because the king's everlasting renown points to Christ.
Overview
The psalm closes by pledging that the king's name will be celebrated for all time, drawing perpetual praise from the nations. No earthly king's fame truly endures forever, but Christ's does. His name is exalted above every name, and to Him belongs eternal praise from all peoples.
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Cross-references · 11
- Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- Isa 62:3You will also be a crown of beauty in Yahweh‘s hand, and a royal diadem in your God‘s hand.
- Ps 72:17–19His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
- Isa 61:9Their offspring will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge them, that they are the offspring which Yahweh has blessed.”
- Ps 138:4All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth.
- Song 6:9My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
- Matt 26:13Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.”
- Isa 59:21“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from henceforth and forever.”
- Ps 22:30–31Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.
- Ps 145:4–7One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
- 1 Cor 11:26For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
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