Psalms 72:17 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 72:17

May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.

BSB

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ASV

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 happy.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

Discourses Against the Arians 1.11.41 (373)

And if, as David says in the seventy-first [LXX] psalm, "His name remains before the sun and before the moon, from one generation to another," how did he receive what he always had, even before he now received it? Or how is he exalted, being before his exaltation the Most High? Or how did he receive the right of being worshiped, who before he now received it, was always worshiped? It is not an obscure saying but a divine mystery.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 (1872)

His name shall endure for ever. In its saving power, as the rallying point of believers, and as renowned and glorified, his name shall remain for ever the same. His name shall be continued as long as the sun. While time is measured out by days, Jesus shall be glorious among men. And men shall be blessed in him. There shall be cause for all this honour, for he shall really and truly be a benefactor to the race. He himself shall be earth's greatest blessing; when men wish to bless others they shall bless in his name.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The New Park Street Pulpit, Sermon No. 27: “The Eternal Name” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1855)

NO ONE HERE requires to be told that this is the name of Jesus Christ, which “shall endure for ever.” Men have said of many of their works, “they shall endure for ever;” but how much have they been disappointed! In the age succeeding the flood, they made the brick, they gathered the slime, and when they had piled old Babel’s tower, they said, “This shall last for ever.” But God confounded their language; they finished it not. By his lightnings he destroyed it, and left it a monument of their folly.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יְהִ֤י	ye.Hi	may it be	H1961 →
שְׁמ֨וֹ	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →
לְֽעוֹלָ֗ם	le.'o.Lam	for ever	H5769 →
לִפְנֵי־	lif.nei-	<to> before	H6440 →
שֶׁמֶשׁ֮	she.Mesh	[the] sun	H8121 →
יִנּ֪וֹן	yi.Non	may it increase	H5125 →
שְׁ֫מ֥וֹ	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →
וְיִתְבָּ֥רְכוּ	ve.yit.Ba.re.khu	and may they bless themselves	H1288 →
ב֑וֹ	vo	by him
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
גּוֹיִ֥ם	go.Yim	nations	H1471 →
יְאַשְּׁרֽוּהוּ׃	ye.'a.she.Ru.hu	may they call blessed him	H833 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 1:23
“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
leads to
- Isaiah 7:14
  Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- Isaiah 9:6–7
  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…
Through
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
leads to
- Matthew 1:23
  “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- Isaiah 9:6
  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…
- John 1:14
  The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 1:31
  Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
- John 1:1–2
  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Through
Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
leads to
- Galatians 3:8
  The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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