Commentary for Psalms 72:5

May they fear You in the presence of the sun All Israel will learn from him to fear You all the days of the sun and moon, generations upon generations.

and before the moon As long as the moon exists for generations, when they are before it [i.e., during its existence]. There are many such expressions in the language of the Mishnah. Before the Temple and not before the Temple [i.e., when the Temple existed and when it no longer exists].