Psalms 102:18

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
written	תִּכָּ֣תֶב ti.Ka.tev	H3789	to grave · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
generation	לְד֣וֹר le.Dor	H1755	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
come	אַחֲר֑וֹן 'a.cha.Ron	H314	hinder · adjective, masculine singular absolute
people	וְעַ֥ם ve.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
created	נִ֝בְרָ֗א niv.Ra'	H1254	(absolutely) to create · verb, niphal active participle, masculine singular absolute
praise	יְהַלֶּל ye.ha.lel-	H1984	to be clear (orig. of sound · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יָֽהּ Yah	H3050	Jah · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

Psalms 22:30-31 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might hav…
Isaiah 43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Psalms 78:4-6 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful wo…
1 Peter 2:9-10 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath…
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
2 Peter 1:15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
Deuteronomy 31:19-30 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for m…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:12-22

Many exceedingly great and precious comforts are here thought of, and mustered up, to balance the foregoing complaints; for unto the upright there arises light in the darkness, so that, though they are cast down, they are not in despair. It is bad with the psalmist himself, bad with the people of God; but he has many considerations to revive himself with. I. We are dying creatures, and our interests and comforts are dying, but God is an everliving everlasting God (Psa 102:12): "My days are like a shadow; there is no remedy; night is coming upon me; but, thou, O Lord! shalt endure for ever. Our life is transient, but thine is permanent; our friends die, but thou our God diest not; what threat…

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John Gill on Psalms 102:18

This shall be written for the generation to come,.... This prayer, as the Targum paraphrases it, is a directory to saints in distressed circumstances; or that which was just now said, that the Lord will regard, and not despise the prayer of the destitute; this shall stand on record, for the encouragement of praying souls in all generations; or this whole prophecy, concerning the glory of the church in the latter day; this shall be written for the next generation, and so on until it is accomplished, to keep up the faith and expectation of the fulfilment of it: and the people which shall be created: born at the time when all this shall be done; or who shall become new creatures; be created in…

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John Calvin on Psalms 102:15-18

Psalm 102:15-18 15. And the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, [148] and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16. For Jehovah hath built up Zion, and hath appeared in his glory. 17. He hath regarded the prayer of the solitary, [149] and hath not despised their prayers. [150] 18. This shall be registered for the generation that is to come: and the people to be created shall praise him. [151] 15. And the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah The prophet here describes the fruit which would result from the deliverance of the ancient tribes; which is, that thereby God's glory would be rendered illustrious among nations and kings. He tacitly intimates, that when the Church is oppressed,…

The Church Fathers

"Let these things be written for those that come after" [Psalm 102:18]. When these words were written, they profited not so much those among whom they were written for they were written to prophesy the New Testament, among men who lived according to the Old Testament. But God had both given that Old Testament, and had settled in that land of promise His own people. But since "Thy remembrance is from generation to generation," belongeth not to the ungodly, but to the righteous; "in our generation" belongeth to the Old Testament; while "in the other generation" belongeth to the New Testament; and since the New Testament announceth this that was prophesied, "Let these things be written for those that come after: and the people which shall be created, shall praise the Lord." Not the people which is created, but "the people which shall be created." What is clearer, my brethren? Here is prophesied that creation of which the Apostle saith: "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." "For he hath looked down from His lofty sanctuary." He hath looked down from on high, that He might come unto the humble: from on high He hath become humble, that He might exalt the humble...
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 102

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Dictionary and topics

Gentiles · PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF — PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 102:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:12-22

John Gill on Psalms 102:18

John Calvin on Psalms 102:15-18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 102:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:12-22

John Gill on Psalms 102:18

John Calvin on Psalms 102:15-18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 102:18-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 102:18-22

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 102:18