Psalms 72:5 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 72:5

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

KJV

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ASV

They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, And so long as the moon, throughout all generations.

WEB

May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.

YLT

They fear Thee with the sun, and before the moon, Generation--generations.

DBT

They shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to generation.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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18 verses on the floor

Psalms 89:36
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Daniel 7:14
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 11:21
That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Psalms 72:17
His 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.
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Faith in Christ will set up, and keep up, the fear of God; and therefore this is the everlasting gospel that is preached, Fear God, and give honour to him, Rev. xiv. And, as Christ's government promotes devotion towards God, so it promotes both justice and charity among men (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Thee - Thee, O God, this shall be another blessed fruit of this righteous government, that together with peace, true religion shall be established, and that throughout all generations, which was begun in Solomon's days, but not fully accomplished 'till Christ came.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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PSA 72:5DAN 7:14 DAN 7:27
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PSA 72:5DAN 7:14 REV 11:15
PSA 72:5REV 11:15 DAN 7:14
PSA 72:5REV 11:15 REV 12:10
PSA 72:5DAN 7:14 DAN 2:44
PSA 72:5DAN 7:14 JHN 3:35
PSA 72:5PSA 72:17 ISA 7:14
PSA 72:5REV 11:15 REV 10:7

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