Sign in
Psalms 72:5 — King James Version← Study notes

They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.


Psalms 72:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 72:57 words
HebrewMeaning
יִֽירָא֥וּ/ךָyiyrāʾwkā
people will fear youverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
עִםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
שָׁ֑מֶשׁšāmeš
the sunnounH8121
east side · west · window. See also
וְ/לִ/פְנֵ֥יwəlipənēy
and beforeconjH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יָ֝רֵ֗חַyārēḥa
the moonnounH3394
דּ֣וֹרdwōr
generation ofnounH1755
evermore · generation · ever · posterity
דּוֹרִֽיםdwōriym
generationsnounH1755
evermore · generation · ever · posterity
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 72:5

1. “For Salomon” indeed this Psalm's title is fore-noted: but things are spoken of therein which could not apply to that Salomon king of Israel after the flesh, according to those things which holy Scripture speaks concerning him: but they can most pertinently apply to the Lord Christ. Whence it is perceived, that the very word Salomon is used in a figurative sense, so that in him Christ is to be taken. For Salomon is interpreted peace-maker: and on this account such a word…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 72 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!