Psalms 102 · Verse 18

Psalms 102:18

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
Psalms 102:18, King James Version

Psalms 102:18 in other translations

BSBLet this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
WEBThis will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise the LORD,
ASVThis shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.
YLTThis is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah.
DARBYThis shall be written for the generation to come; and a people that shall be created shall praise Jah:
BBEThis will be put in writing for the coming generation, and the people of the future will give praise to the Lord.
WebsterThis shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

What does Psalms 102:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. people ... created--(compare Psa 22:31), an organized body, as a Church.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 The people which shall be created - "The Gentiles, who shall be brought to the knowledge of salvation by Christ," as the Syriac states in its inscription to this Psalm: how often the conversion of the soul to God is represented as a new creation, no reader of the New Testament need be told. See Eph 2:10; Eph 4:24; 2Cor 5:17; Gal 6:15. Even the publication of the Gospel, and its influence among men, is represented under the notion of "creating a new heaven and a new earth," Isa 65:17, Isa 65:18.

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 102:18 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.

תִּכָּ֣תֶבti.Ka.tevlet it be writtenH3789
זֹ֭אתzotthisH2063
לְד֣וֹרle.Dorfor a generationH1755
אַחֲר֑וֹן'a.cha.RonlaterH314
וְעַ֥םve.'Amand a peopleH5971
נִ֝בְרָ֗אniv.Ra'[who will] be createdH1254
יְהַלֶּל\־ye.ha.lel-it will praiseH1984
יָֽהּ\׃YahYahwehH3050

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

Cross references for Psalms 102:18

  • Romans 15:4

    For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

  • Psalms 22:30-31

    A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

  • 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 works that he hath done. For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

  • 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 called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

  • 2 Peter 1:15

    Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

  • 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.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:11

    Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:17-18

    Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

  • 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 me against the children of Israel. For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. …

  • Isaiah 43:7

    Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

  • Job 19:23-24

    Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
This.
71:18; 78:4-6; Ex 17:14; De 31:19-32:44; Job 19:23,24; Da 9:2
Joh 20:31; Ro 15:4; 1Co 10:11; 2Ti 3:16,17; 2Pe 1:15
the people.
22:30,31; 45:16,17; Isa 43:7,21; 65:17-19; 2Co 5:17,18; Eph 2:10
1Pe 2:9,10

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Context

  • Psalms 102:17

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

  • Psalms 102:18

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

  • Psalms 102:19

    For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

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Psalms 102:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Escribirse ha esto para la generación venidera: y el pueblo que se criará, alabará á JAH.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il aura égard à la prière du désolé, et il ne méprisera pas leur prière.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das wird aufgeschrieben werden für das künftige Geschlecht; und ein Volk, das erschaffen werden soll, wird Jehova loben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
his qui servant testamentum ejus, et memores sunt mandatorum ipsius ad faciendum ea.