Psalms 146:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The LORD rules forever, your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! Praise the LORD!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִמְלֹ֤ךְ יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לְעוֹלָ֗ם אֱלֹהַ֣יִךְ צִ֭יּוֹן לְדֹ֥ר וָדֹ֗ר הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

yimlokh YHWH le-ʿolam ʾelohayikh Tsiyyon le-dor wa-dor Hallelu-Yah

Grammar Details

• *yimlokh*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will reign
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
• *le-ʿolam*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular - forever/for eternity
• *ʾelohayikh*: noun, masculine, plural construct + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your God
• *Tsiyyon*: proper noun - Zion
• *le-dor*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular - to generation
• *wa-dor*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and generation
• *Hallelu-Yah*: piel imperative, masculine, plural + divine name - praise Yah

Word Meanings

• *yimlokh*: will reign/will rule/will be king
• *le-ʿolam*: forever/for eternity/perpetually
• *le-dor wa-dor*: from generation to generation/throughout all generations
• *Hallelu-Yah*: praise the LORD/praise Yahweh

Referenced Verses

• Ps 10:16 : 16 The LORD rules forever! The nations are driven out of his land.
• Exod 15:18 : 18 The LORD will reign forever and ever!
• Ps 145:13 : 13 Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.
• Ps 147:12 : 12 Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
• Isa 9:7 : 7 His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will accomplish this.
• Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”
• Isa 40:9 : 9 Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don’t be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah,“Here is your God!”
• Isa 52:7 : 7 How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion,“Your God reigns!”
• Dan 2:44 : 44 In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.
• Dan 6:26 : 26 I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel.“For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever.
• Dan 7:14 : 14 To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty. All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving him. His authority is eternal and will not pass away. His kingdom will not be destroyed.
• Joel 3:17 : 17 The LORD’s Presence in Zion You will be convinced that I the LORD am your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy– conquering armies will no longer pass through it.
• Rev 11:15 : 15 The Seventh Trumpet Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.”