Psalms 45 · Verse 17

Psalms 45:17

I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
Psalms 45:17, King James Version

Psalms 45:17 in other translations

BSBI will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
WEBI will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.
ASVI will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever.
YLTI make mention of Thy name in all generations, Therefore do peoples praise Thee, To the age, and for ever!
DARBYI will make thy name to be remembered throughout all generations; therefore shall the peoples praise thee for ever and ever.
BBEI will keep the memory of your name living through all generations; and because of this the people will give you praise for ever.
WebsterI will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

What does Psalms 45:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. The glories of this empire shall be as wide as the world and lasting as eternity. therefore--Because thus glorious, the praise shall be universal and perpetual. Some writers have taxed their ingenuity to find in the history and fortunes of Christ and His Church exact parallels for every part of this splendid allegory, not excepting its gorgeous Oriental imagery. Thus, by the dresses of the king and queen, are thought to be meant the eminent endowments and graces of Christ and His people. The attendant women, supposed (though inconsistently it might seem with the inspired character of the work) to be concubines, are thought to represent the Gentile churches, and the bride the Jewish, &c. But it is evident that we cannot pursue such a mode of interpretation. For, following the allegory, we must suspend to the distant future the results of a union whose consummation as a marriage is still distant (compare Re 21:9). In fact, the imagery here and elsewhere sets before us the Church in two aspects. As a body, it is yet incomplete, the whole is yet ungathered. As a moral institution, it is yet imperfect. In the final catastrophe it will be complete and perfect. Thus, as a bride adorned, &c., it will be united with its Lord. Thus the union of Christ and the Church triumphant is set forth. On the other hand, in regard to its component parts, the relation of Christ as head, as husband, &c., already exists, and as these parts form an institution in this world, it is by His union with it, and the gifts and graces with which He endows it, that a spiritual seed arises and spreads in the world. Hence we must fix our minds only on the one simple but grand truth, that Christ loves the Church, is head over all things for it, raises it in His exaltation to the highest moral dignity--a dignity of which every, even the meanest, sincere disciple will partake. As to the time, then, in which this allegorical prophecy is to fulfilled, it may be said that no periods of time are specially designated. The characteristics of the relation of Christ and His Church are indicated, and we may suppose that the whole process of His exaltation from the declaration of His Sonship, by His resurrection, to the grand catastrophe of the final judgment, with all the collateral blessings to the Church and the world, lay before the vision of the inspired prophet.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 Therefore shall the people praise thee - They shall magnify the heavenly Bridegroom, and sing the wonderful displays of his love to the Church, his spouse. And the constant use of this Psalm in the Christian Church is a literal fulfillment of the prophecy.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 45:10-17

If we desire to share these blessings, we must hearken to Christ's word. We must forget our carnal and sinful attachments and pursuits. He must be our Lord as well as our Saviour; all idols must be thrown away, that we may give him our whole heart. And here is good encouragement, thus to break off from former alliances. The beauty of holiness, both on the church and on particular believers, is, in the sight of…

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Psalms 45:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַזְכִּ֣ירָה'az.Ki.rahI will cause to be rememberedH2142
שִׁ֭מְךָShim.khaname yourH8034
בְּכָל\־be.kholin everyH3605
דֹּ֣רdorgenerationH1755
וָדֹ֑רva.Dorand a generationH1755
עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּ֥ןken-foreH3651
עַמִּ֥ים'a.MimpeoplesH5971
יְ֝הוֹדֻ֗ךָye.ho.Du.khathey will give thanks to youH3034
לְעֹלָ֥םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
וָעֶֽד\׃va.'Edand everH5703

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 45:17

  • Isaiah 62:3

    Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

  • Malachi 1:11

    For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Psalms 72:17-19

    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. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

  • Isaiah 61:9

    And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

  • Isaiah 59:21

    As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.

  • Psalms 22:30-31

    A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

  • Matthew 26:13

    Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.

  • Psalms 138:4

    All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

  • Song of Solomon 6:9

    My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:26

    For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

  • Psalms 145:4-7

    One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
22:30,31; 72:17-19; 145:4-7; Isa 59:21; Mal 1:11; Mt 26:13
1Co 11:26
therefore.
72:17; So 6:9; Isa 61:9; 62:3

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Context

  • Psalms 45:16

    Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

  • Psalms 45:17

    I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

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Psalms 45:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Haré perpetua la memoria de tu nombre en todas las generaciones: por lo cual te alabarán los pueblos eternamente y para siempre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Au lieu de tes pères, tu auras tes fils; tu les établiras pour princes dans tout le pays.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich will deines Namens gedenken lassen alle Geschlechter hindurch; darum werden die Völker dich preisen immer und ewiglich.