New English Translation
Psalms 102:22
22when the nations gather together, and the kingdoms pay tribute to the Lord.
Psalms 102:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
Context of Psalms 102:22
20in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die, 21so they may proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion, and praise him in Jerusalem, when the nations gather together, and the kingdoms pay tribute to the Lord. 23He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days. 24I say, “O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations.
Read all of Psalms 102Psalms 102:22 word by word
בְּהִקָּבֵ֣ץ עַמִּ֣ים יַחְדָּ֑ו וּ֝מַמְלָכ֗וֹת לַעֲבֹ֥ד אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 102:22
- Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth!
- Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.
- Isaiah 49:22This is what the sovereign Lord says: “Look I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
- Isaiah 60:3Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.
- Hosea 1:9Then the Lord said: “Name him ‘Not My People’ (Lo-Ammi), because you are not my people and I am not your God.”
- Zechariah 8:20The Lord who rules over all says, ‘It will someday come to pass that people – residents of many cities – will come.
- Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
- Romans 15:19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
Commentaries on Psalms 102:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22When the people are gathered together - When all the Gentiles are enlightened, and the kings of the earth brought to pay homage to the King of kings.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22When the people are gathered together - When they shall be brought from their dispersion in distant lands; when they shall assemble again in the city of their fathers, and when public worship shall be celebrated there as in former ages. And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord - The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate render this, “kings.” The reference must be to the time when those of other lands - kings and their people - would be converted to the true…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 We are dying creatures, but God is an everlasting God, the protector of his church; we may be confident that it will not be neglected. When we consider our own vileness, our darkness and deadness, and the manifold defects in our prayers, we have cause to fear that they will not be received in heaven; but we are here assured of the contrary, for we have an Advocate with the Father, and are under grace, not under the law. Redemption is the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Many people (both Jews and non-Jews) will worship the Lord together (see Psalm 96:7, 9; 106:48; Isaiah 2:2–4; 43:10–13; 57:15; 60:3–7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2219-22. For--or, "That," as introducing the statement of God's condescension. A summary of what shall be written. to loose ... appointed--or, "deliver" them (Psa 79:11).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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