Psalms 45:16

45:16 Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors;

you will make them princes throughout the land.

Psalms 103:20-21

103:20 Praise the Lord, you angels of his,

you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees

and obey his orders!

103:21 Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his,

you servants of his who carry out his desires!


tn The pronoun is second masculine singular, indicating the king is being addressed from this point to the end of the psalm.

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.”

tn Heb “in place of your fathers will be your sons.”

tn Heb “[you] mighty ones of strength, doers of his word, by listening to the voice of his word.”

tn Heb “all his hosts.”

tn Heb “his attendants, doers of his desire.”