I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever 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 unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Isa 62:3Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
- Ps 72:17–19His 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.
- Isa 61:9And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
- Ps 138:4All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
- Song 6:9My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
- Matt 26:13Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
- Isa 59:21As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
- Ps 22:30–31A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
- Ps 145:4–7One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
- 1 Cor 11:26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.
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