EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Psalms 102:28
28As your servants, our children will live here safely. Their children too will be safe, as they live near to you.’
Psalms 102:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
- New International Version (NIV)The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You.”
Context of Psalms 102:28
26They will all disappear one day, but you will remain. They will become spoiled, like old clothes. Like clothes, you will remove them, so that they disappear. 27But you remain the same, Lord. The years of your life will never finish. As your servants, our children will live here safely. Their children too will be safe, as they live near to you.’
Read all of Psalms 102Psalms 102:28 word by word
בְּנֵֽי־עֲבָדֶ֥יךָ יִשְׁכּ֑וֹנוּ וְ֝זַרְעָ֗ם לְפָנֶ֥יךָ יִכּֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 102:28
- Psalms 22:30Our children will also serve God. And they will tell their children about our Lord.
- Psalms 45:16You will have sons to become kings, as your ancestors were kings before you. You will make them princes to rule over all the land.
- Psalms 69:35For God will rescue Zion's people. He will build again Judah's cities. Then his people will live there. The land will belong to them again.
- Isaiah 53:10But it was the Lord who chose to hurt his servant. He caused his servant to receive much pain. His servant died to remove people's guilt. As a result, God will bless him with many descendants, and he will have a long life. What the Lord wants will happen, because of what his servant does.
- Isaiah 59:20The Lord says, ‘A Redeemer will come to Zion. He will come to save Jacob's people who turn away from their sins.’
- Isaiah 65:22They will no longer build houses and then other people live in them. They will not plant trees and then other people to eat the fruit. My people will have long lives, as long as trees live. My own people will live to enjoy the things that they have worked hard to get.
- Isaiah 66:22The Lord says, ‘The new heavens and the new earth that I will make will always be there. In the same way, your descendants and your family name will always continue.’
- Psalms 90:16Do great things again, so that we, your servants, see them! Let our children see that you rule as King!
Commentaries on Psalms 102:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28The children of thy servants shall continue - Thy Church shall be permanent, because founded on thee, it shall live throughout all the revolutions of time. And as thy followers are made partakers of the Divine nature they shall live in union with God in the other world, deriving eternal duration from the inexhaustible Fountain of being. Nothing can be permanent but by God's supporting and renewing influence.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28The children of thy servants shall continue - The descendants of those that serve and obey thee. This represents the confident expectation of the psalmist that, as God was unchangeable, all his promises toward his people would be fulfilled, even though the heavens and the earth should pass away. God was the same. His word would not fail. His promises were sure. Compare Matthew 5:18; Matthew 24:35. The word rendered “continue,” means to dwell, as in a…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 Bodily distempers soon weaken our strength, then what can we expect but that our months should be cut off in the midst; and what should we do but provide accordingly? We must own God's hand in it; and must reconcile this to his love, for often those that have used their strength well, have it weakened; and those who, as we think, can very ill be spared, have their days shortened. It is very comfortable, in reference to all the changes and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28The Lord’s presence provides the basis for the security and happiness of his people (Psalm 23:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2823-28. The writer, speaking for the Church, finds encouragement in the midst of all his distresses. God's eternal existence is a pledge of faithfulness to His promises. in the way--of providence. weakened--literally, "afflicted," and made fearful of a premature end, a figure of the apprehensions of the Church, lest God might not perform His promise, drawn from those of a person in view of the dangers of early death (compare Psa 89:47). Paul (He 1:10)…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 102
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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