Psalm 45:16 {44:17}
Good News Translation
You, my king, will have many sons to succeed your ancestors as kings, and you will make them rulers over the whole earth.

New Revised Standard Version
In the place of ancestors you, O king, shall have sons; you will make them princes in all the earth.

Contemporary English Version
Your sons and your grandsons will also be kings as your ancestors were. You will make them rulers everywhere on earth.

New American Bible
The throne of your fathers your sons will have; you shall make them princes through all the land.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

Instead

Psalm 22:30 And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.

Matthew 19:29 And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.

Mark 10:29,30 Jesus answering said: Amen I say to you, there is no man who hath left house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, . . .

Philippians 3:7,8 But the things that were gain to me, the same I have counted loss for Christ. . . .

children

Isaiah 49:21,22 And thou shalt say in thy heart: Who hath begotten these? I was barren and brought not forth, led away, and captive: and who hath brought up these? I was destitute and alone: and these, where were they? . . .

Isaiah 54:1-5 Give praise, O thou barren, that bearest not: sing forth praise, and make a joyful noise, thou that didst not travail with child: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband, saith the Lord. . . .

Isaiah 60:1-5 Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. . . .

Galatians 4:26,27 But that Jerusalem which is above is free: which is our mother. . . .

princes

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Revelation 1:6 And hath made us a kingdom, and priests to God and his Father. To him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 5:10 And hast made us to our God a kingdom and priests, and we shall reign on the earth.

Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection. In these the second death hath no power. But they shall be priests of God and of Christ: and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Context
My Heart is Stirred by a Noble Theme
15They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: they shall be brought into the temple of the king. 16Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.17They shall remember thy name throughout all generations. Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, for ever and ever.…
Cross References
Psalm 45:15
They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: they shall be brought into the temple of the king.

Psalm 45:17
They shall remember thy name throughout all generations. Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

Psalm 45:15
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