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Psalms 102:28
28The children of your people will live in security. Their children’s children will thrive in your presence.”
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 perish, but you remain forever; they will wear out like old clothing. You will change them like a garment and discard them. 27But you are always the same; you will live forever. The children of your people will live in security. Their children’s children will thrive in your presence.”
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 him. Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord.
- Psalms 45:16Your sons will become kings like their father. You will make them rulers over many lands.
- Psalms 69:35For God will save Jerusalem and rebuild the towns of Judah. His people will live there and settle in their own land.
- Isaiah 53:10But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands.
- Isaiah 59:20“The Redeemer will come to Jerusalem to buy back those in Israel who have turned from their sins,” says the Lord.
- Isaiah 65:22Unlike the past, invaders will not take their houses and confiscate their vineyards. For my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains.
- Isaiah 66:22“As surely as my new heavens and earth will remain, so will you always be my people, with a name that will never disappear,” says the Lord.
- Psalms 90:16Let us, your servants, see you work again; let our children see your glory.
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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