They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure - literally, 'with, the sun and before (in the presence of) the moon.' The pious fear of God shall be the consequence of the righteous rule, salvation, and destruction of oppressive foes, described in Psalms 72:4, as accompanying Messiah's reign. The fear of God, eternally continuing as the result of His dominion, implies necessarily the eternity of His dominion itself (cf. Psalms 72:17; Psalms 89:36; Psalms 89:38). Though the sun and moon are to pass away in their present form, yet it is at a most remote time; and probably they will pass into new and brighter forms (Psalms 102:26; 2 Peter 3:12-13).