Psalms 102 · Verse 16

Psalms 102:16

When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
Psalms 102:16, King James Version

Psalms 102:16 in other translations

BSBFor the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
WEBFor the LORD has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
ASVFor Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.
YLTFor Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,
DARBYWhen Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory.
BBEWhen the Lord has put up the walls of Zion, and has been been in his glory;
WebsterWhen the LORD shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory.

What does Psalms 102:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 102:15-17

15-17. God's favor to the Church will affect her persecutors with fear.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 When the Lord shall build up Zion - It is such a difficult thing, so wholly improbable, so far out of the reach of human power, that when God does it, he must manifest his power and glory in a most extraordinary manner.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 102:12-22

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…

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Psalms 102:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
בָנָ֣הva.Nahhe has builtH1129
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צִיּ֑וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726
נִ֝רְאָ֗הnir.'Ahhe has appearedH7200
בִּכְבוֹדֽוֹ\׃bikh.vo.Doin glory hisH3519

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 102:16

  • Isaiah 60:1-2

    Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

  • Jeremiah 33:7

    And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.

  • Psalms 147:2

    The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

  • Isaiah 2:2-3

    And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

  • Jeremiah 31:4

    Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

  • Isaiah 66:18

    For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

  • Zechariah 2:6-13

    Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord. Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me. …

  • Psalms 51:18

    Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

  • Psalms 69:35

    For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

  • Isaiah 60:7

    All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

  • Isaiah 61:3

    To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

  • Micah 2:9

    The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When.
51:18; 69:35; 147:2; Isa 2:2,3; 14:26; 66:18; Jer 31:4; 33:7
he shall.
97:6; Isa 60:1,2,7; 61:3; Mic 2:9; Zec 2:6-13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 102:15

    So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

  • Psalms 102:16

    When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

  • Psalms 102:17

    He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

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Psalms 102:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por cuanto Jehová habrá edificado á Sión, y en su gloria será visto;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors les nations craindront le nom de l’ Éternel, et tous les rois de la terre, ta gloire.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn Jehova wird Zion aufbauen, wird erscheinen in seiner Herrlichkeit;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		quoniam spiritus pertransibit in illo, et non subsistet, et non cognoscet amplius locum suum.