Psalm 72:5
New International Version
May he endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations.

New Living Translation
May they fear you as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains in the sky. Yes, forever!

English Standard Version
May they fear you while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations!

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

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

New King James Version
They shall fear You As long as the sun and moon endure, Throughout all generations.

New American Standard Bible
May they fear You while the sun shines, And as long as the moon shines, throughout all generations.

NASB 1995
Let them fear You while the sun endures, And as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

NASB 1977
Let them fear Thee while the sun endures, And as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

Legacy Standard Bible
Let them fear You while the sun endures, And as long as the moon, from generation to all generations.

Amplified Bible
Let them fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and worship You with obedience] while the sun endures, And as long as the moon [reflects light], throughout all generations.

Christian Standard Bible
May they fear you while the sun endures and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
May he continue while the sun endures and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They shall revere you with the sun and before the moon to a generation of generations.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he shall continue as long as the sun, and before the moon for ever.

Contemporary English Version
Let the king live forever like the sun and the moon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall continue with the sun, and before the moon, throughout all generations.

English Revised Version
They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, and so long as the moon, throughout all generations.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
May they fear you as long as the sun and moon [shine]- throughout every generation.

Good News Translation
May your people worship you as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon gives light, for ages to come.

International Standard Version
May they fear you as long as the sun and moon shine — from generation to generation.

JPS Tanakh 1917
They shall fear Thee while the sun endureth, And so long as the moon, throughout all generations.

Literal Standard Version
They fear You with the sun, and before the moon, | Generation—generations.

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

New American Bible
May they fear you with the sun, and before the moon, through all generations.

NET Bible
People will fear you as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky, for generation after generation.

New Revised Standard Version
May he live while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

New Heart English Bible
They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

Webster's Bible Translation
They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

World English Bible
They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

Young's Literal Translation
They fear Thee with the sun, and before the moon, Generation -- generations.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Endow the King with Your Justice
4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor. 5May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations. 6May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:21
so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 89:36
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

Psalm 89:37
like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky." Selah


Treasury of Scripture

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

they shall

1 Samuel 12:18
So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

1 Kings 3:28
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

as long

Psalm 72:7,17
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth…

Psalm 89:29,36,37
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven…

Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

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Psalm 72
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(5) They shall . . .--Literally, may they fear Thee (coevally) with the sun, and in the face of the moon, generation of generation. For the preposition, "coevally with," see Dan. 3:33; (Hebrew) and comp. the Latin use of cum--

"Cum sole et luna semper Aratus erit."

OVID: Amor., xv. 16.

The phrase "in the presence of the moon" (see the same expression, Psalm 72:17, and compare Job 8:16), means, not by the moonlight, but as long as the moon shines. (Comp. Psalm 72:7.) On the other hand, our phrase "under the moon" refers to space. With this passage Psalm 89:36-37, alone in Hebrew poetry exactly compares, or may perhaps have been borrowed from here. . . .

Verse 5. - They shall fear thee (i.e. God) as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. The righteous government of the king shall spread abroad the "fear of God," and establish pure religion in the land, while the world continues. Here the psalm first becomes distinctly Messianic, passing on from the reigning monarch to the ideal king whom he typifies.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
May they fear him
יִֽירָא֥וּךָ (yî·rā·’ū·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

as long as
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

the sun [shines],
שָׁ֑מֶשׁ (šā·meš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

as long as
וְלִפְנֵ֥י (wə·lip̄·nê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the moon [remains],
יָ֝רֵ֗חַ (yā·rê·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3394: The moon

through all
דּ֣וֹר (dō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling

generations.
דּוֹרִֽים׃ (dō·w·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling


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