Psalms 45:16
May sons of yours take the place of your fathers, whom you will make princes in all the land.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
In Context
15The king’s palace they enter with joy and rejoicing.
17Your name will I celebrate world without end, so that nations shall praise you for ever and ever.
Cross References
Psalms 22:30My descendants will tell of the Lord to the next generation;
Matthew 19:29Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or land, for my sake, will receive many times as much, and will gain eternal life.
Galatians 4:26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she it is who is our mother.
1 Peter 2:9But you are ‘a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God’s own people,’ entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Revelation 5:10and did make them a kingdom of priests in the service of our God, and they are reigning on the earth.’
Matthew Henry on Psalms 45:11-17
The Glory of the Church. 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; 11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. 13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. 14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that… Read the whole commentary →