New King James Version
Psalms 102:18
18This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the Lord.
Psalms 102:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let this be recorded for future generations, so that a people not yet born will praise the Lord.
Context of Psalms 102:18
16For the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory. 17He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, And shall not despise their prayer. This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the Lord. 19For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary; From heaven the Lord viewed the earth, 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To release those appointed to death,
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תִּכָּ֣תֶב זֹ֭את לְד֣וֹר אַחֲר֑וֹן וְעַ֥ם נִ֝בְרָ֗א יְהַלֶּל־יָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 102:18
- Psalms 71:18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.
- Psalms 78:4We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.
- Exodus 17:14Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”
- Deuteronomy 31:19“Now therefore, write down this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel.
- Job 19:23“Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
- Daniel 9:2in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
- John 20:31but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.
- Romans 15:4For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
- 1 Corinthians 10:11Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
- 2 Timothy 3:16All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
- 2 Peter 1:15Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my decease.
- Psalms 22:30A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,
- Psalms 45:16Instead of Your fathers shall be Your sons, Whom You shall make princes in all the earth.
- Isaiah 43:7Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”
- Isaiah 65:17“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Commentaries on Psalms 102:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18The people which shall be created - "The Gentiles, who shall be brought to the knowledge of salvation by Christ," as the Syriac states in its inscription to this Psalm: how often the conversion of the soul to God is represented as a new creation, no reader of the New Testament need be told. See Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:24; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15. Even the publication of the Gospel, and its influence among men, is represented under the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18This shall be written for the generation to come - It shall be recorded for the instruction and encouragement of future ages. The fact that God has heard the prayer of his people in a time of trial shall be so recorded and remembered that it may be referred to in similar circumstances in all time to come, for he is an unchanging God. What he has done now, he will always be willing to do hereafter. And the people which shall be created - Future…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. 18Let this be written: The written record serves as a reminder of the Lord's goodness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. people ... created--(compare Psa 22:31), an organized body, as a Church.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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