Tree of Life Version
Psalms 102:15
15for her stones are dear to Your servants, and they cherish her dust.
Psalms 102:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
- New International Version (NIV)The nations will fear the name of the Lord, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So the nations shall fear the name of the Lord, And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
Context of Psalms 102:15
13But You, Adonai, sit enthroned forever. Your renown is from generation to generation. 14You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her, for the appointed time has come, for her stones are dear to Your servants, and they cherish her dust. 16So the nations will fear Adonai’s Name and all the kings of the earth Your glory. 17For Adonai has rebuilt Zion. He has appeared in His glory.
Read all of Psalms 102Psalms 102:15 word by word
וְיִֽירְא֣וּ ג֭וֹיִם אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וְֽכָל־מַלְכֵ֥י הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ אֶת־כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 102:15
- Psalms 67:2May God be gracious to us and bless us. May He cause His face to shine upon us— Selah
- Psalms 68:31Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves, peoples trampling down pieces of silver. He has scattered the peoples who delight in war!
- Psalms 72:11So let all kings bow down before him, and all nations serve him.
- Psalms 86:9All nations You have made will come and bow down before You, my Lord, and they will glorify Your Name.
- Psalms 138:4All the kings of the earth will praise You, Adonai, when they hear Your mouth’s speech.
- 1 Kings 8:43then may you hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner asks of You. So all the peoples of the earth may know Your Name, to fear You as Your people Israel do, and know that this House that I have built is called by Your Name.
- Isaiah 55:5Behold, you will summon a nation you do not know, and a nation that did not know you will run to you, because of Adonai your God and the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.”
- Isaiah 60:3Nations will come to your light, kings to the brilliance of your rising.
- Zechariah 8:20Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “Peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will again come.
- Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel trumpeted, and there were loud voices in heaven saying, “The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Anointed One. And He shall reign forever and ever!”
- Revelation 21:24The nations shall walk by its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.
Commentaries on Psalms 102:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord - It is granted that after the edict of Cyrus to restore and rebuild Jerusalem which was about four hundred and ninety years before Christ, the name of the true God was more generally known among the heathen; and the translating the Sacred Writings into Greek, by the command of Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt, about two hundred and eighty-five years before the Christian era, spread a measure of the light…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15So the heathen - The nations. That is, The surrounding people, who hear what thou hast done for thy people, will see the evidence that thou art God, and learn to love and worship thee. Shall fear the name of the Lord - Shall reverence and honor thee. And all the kings of the earth thy glory - The sovereigns of the earth will be especially affected and impressed with thy majesty. If this refers to the return from the captivity at Babylon, then it means…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. 15-16When the Lord arises (Psalm 102:13), the nations will tremble with fear because they will see his glory (see Psalm 8:1; 19:1–4a; 24:7). Rebuilding Zion and the temple shows God's glory and fulfills this promise. An even greater fulfillment will come with the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1715-17. God's favor to the Church will affect her persecutors with fear.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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