Psalms 102:16
14 For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
15 So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
17 He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
18 Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
- KJV
- When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
- WEB
- For the LORD has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
- ASV
- For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.
- DARBY
- When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory.
- BLB
- For YHWH has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
- ÅB
- For Herren har bygget Sion, han har åpenbart seg i sin herlighet.
- OTB
- For Herren har gjenoppbygd Sion;
Han har åpenbart sin herlighet. - B1930
- For Herren har bygget Sion, han har åpenbaret sig i sin herlighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 60:1–2
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
Read in contextJeremiah 33:7
I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
Read in contextPsalms 147:2
The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:2–3
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:4
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:18
“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
Read in contextZechariah 2:6–13
“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 51:18
In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
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