Psalms 45:16-17
16 Your ▼
▼tn The pronoun is second masculine singular, indicating the king is being addressed from this point to the end of the psalm.
sons will carry on ▼▼tn The prefixed verbal form could be taken as jussive and the statement interpreted as a prayer, “May your sons carry on the dynasty of your ancestors!” The next line could then be taken as a relative clause, “[your sons] whom you will make princes throughout the land.”
the dynasty of your ancestors; ▼▼tn Heb “in place of your fathers will be your sons.”
you will make them princes throughout the land.
17 I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years, ▼
then the nations will praise you ▼
▼sn The nations will praise you. As God’s vice-regent on earth, the king is deserving of such honor and praise.
forever.
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