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They will fear youיִירָאוּךָas long as there isעִםsun,שָׁמֶשׁand beforeוְלִפְנֵיthe moon,יָרֵחַgeneration after generation.דּוֹר דּוֹרִים
Psalms 72:5
Study it in the app“They will fear you as long as there is sun, and before the moon, generation after generation.”
A psalm asks for a king who will do justice for the poor and bring peaceThe Kingdom of God
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 72:5, word by word
- They will fear youיִירָאוּyirau
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yirau” appears- sunשָׁמֶשׁshamesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appears- and beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the moonיָרֵחַyareach
moon
Moon.
Where else “yareach” appears- generation after generationדּוֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears
The context
4May he judge the afflicted of the people, save the sons of the needy, and crush the oppressor.
5 · This verse (above)
6May he come down like rain on the mown field, like downpours that water the earth.