Psalms 102:28

28 The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you.”

Psalms 102:28 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
English Standard Version (ESV)
28 The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you.
New Living Translation (NLT)
28 The children of your people will live in security. Their children’s children will thrive in your presence.”
The Message Bible (MSG)
28 Your servants' children will have a good place to live and their children will be at home with you."
American Standard Version (ASV)
28 The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
28 The children of your servants will go on living [here]. Their descendants will be secure in your presence."
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
28 Your servants' children will dwell [securely], and their offspring will be established before You."
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
28 Our children will live with you. Their sons and daughters will be safe in your care."

Psalms 102:28 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 102:28

The children of thy servants shall continue
The "servants" of the Lord are the apostles of Christ, and ministers of the word, in all successive generations, with whom Christ will be to the end of the world: their "children" are such whom they have begotten again, through the Gospel, to whom they are spiritual fathers; regenerated souls are meant; of these there will be a succession in all ages, until latter day glory takes place; these are the church's seed, and her seed's seed, from whom the word of the Lord, the Gospel, will never depart, ( Isaiah 59:21 ) , or these "shall inhabit" F9, as the word may be rendered, the earth, as the Targum adds; that is, the new heavens, and the new earth, when the old ones are passed away; here they shall dwell with the Lord, who is the same today, yesterday, and for ever:

and their seed shall be established before thee;
the same with the children, the spiritual seed of the church and of faithful minister; these, with the church, in which they are born and brought up, shall be established in Christ; the church will be no more in an unstable and fluctuating state, but will he as a tabernacle, that shall not be taken down; yea, shall be established upon the top of the mountains, and exalted above the hills; see ( Isaiah 2:2 ) ( 33:20 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F9 (wnwkvy) "habitabunt", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Gejerus; so Sept.

Psalms 102:28 In-Context

26 They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.
27 But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
28 The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you.”

Cross References 2

  • 1. Psalms 69:36
  • 2. Psalms 25:13; Psalms 89:4
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