Psalms 102 · Verse 22

Psalms 102:22

When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
Psalms 102:22, King James Version

Psalms 102:22 in other translations

BSBwhen peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.
WEBwhen the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
ASVWhen the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.
YLTIn the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms--to serve Jehovah.
DARBYWhen the peoples shall be gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.
BBEWhen the peoples are come together, and the kingdoms, to give worship to the Lord.
WebsterWhen the people are assembled, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

What does Psalms 102:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 102:19-22

19-22. For--or, "That," as introducing the statement of God's condescension. A summary of what shall be written. to loose ... appointed--or, "deliver" them (Psa 79:11).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 When the people are gathered together - When all the Gentiles are enlightened, and the kings of the earth brought to pay homage to the King of kings.

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 102:22 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.

בְּהִקָּבֵ֣ץbe.hi.ka.Vetzwhen gatherH6908
עַמִּ֣ים'a.MimpeoplesH5971
יַחְדָּ֑וyach.DavtogetherH3162
וּ֝מַמְלָכ֗וֹתu.mam.la.Khotand kingdomsH4467
לַעֲבֹ֥דla.'a.Vodto serveH5647
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for Psalms 102:22

  • Zechariah 8:20-23

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also. Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

  • Matthew 24:14

    And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

  • Isaiah 49:22-23

    Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

  • Isaiah 60:3-22

    And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord. …

  • Psalms 22:27

    All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

  • Psalms 72:8-11

    He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

  • Romans 15:19

    Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

  • Genesis 49:10

    The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

  • Hosea 1:9-11

    Then said God, Call his name Lo–ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
72:8-11; Ge 49:10; Isa 49:22,23; 60:3-22; Ho 1:9-11; Zec 8:20-23
Mt 24:14; Ro 15:19

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

Context

  • Psalms 102:21

    To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

  • Psalms 102:22

    When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

  • Psalms 102:23

    He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

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Psalms 102:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cuando los pueblos se congregaren en uno, y los reinos, para servir á Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Afin qu’on annonce dans Sion le nom de l’ Éternel, et sa louange dans Jérusalem,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn die Völker sich versammeln werden allzumal, und die Königreiche, um Jehova zu dienen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Benedicite Domino, omnia opera ejus: in omni loco dominationis ejus, benedic, anima mea, Domino.