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Psalms 102:28

The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

The children of thy servants shall continue - literally, 'shall dwell' or 'inhabit' their own land, the land of Yahweh. ; ; , are strikingly parallel. Dwell is the opposite of wandering about without home (). Thy servants are the Israelite nation (called "Jacob" and "Judah" in ), which from its forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, with whom God made the covenant, was the servant of God.

And their seed. The children and the seed are the genuine children for Israel, the seed that shall be spiritually born (; Isaiah 66:8).

Shall be established before thee - (; : especially , margin.) Liars shall not be established before the coming Son of David; the seed of His servants shall be established before Him (cf. ).

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See also Psalms 102:28 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 102:28. _THE CHILDREN OF THY SERVANTS SHALL CONTINUE_] Thy _Church_ shall be permanent, because founded _on thee_; it shall live throughout all the revolutions of time. And as thy follow...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE CHILDREN OF THY SERVANTS SHALL CONTINUE - The descendants of those that serve and obey thee. This represents the confident expectation of the psalmist that, as God was unchangeable, all his promis...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 102 Christ the King in His Humiliation _ 1. In the place of humiliation and dependence (Psalms 102:1)_ 2. His enemies (Psalms 102:8) 3. The set time for Zion ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CII. The title, which is unique in the Psalter, describes the contents of Psalms 102:1 very well. So far the Ps. is the prayer of a man in extreme affliction. The same may be said of Psalms 102:23 and...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CHILDREN. sons. SHALL CONTINUE. shall dwell [in the Land]....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 671 THE ETERNITY AND IMMUTABILITY OF CHRIST Psalms 102:25. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands: they shall perish, but thou shalt en...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE CHILDREN OF THY SERVANTS— _Let the sins of thy servants be settled, and their seed be established before thee._ This is a concluding prayer that their posterity might be settled in Jerusalem for e...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 102 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Prayer of a Humbled One brings a Threefold Answer of Peace. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 102:1-11, A Humbled One's Complaint. Stanza II., Psalms 102:12-17

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    102:28 abide, (h-7) Or 'dwell,' as Psalms 37:27 ,Psalms 37:29 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This Ps. belongs to the closing days of the exile, and utters the hope of Israel's restoration (Psalms 102:13). The Psalmist has been supposed by some to speak simply in the name of the nation, but it...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ A YOUNG MAN WITH TROUBLE PSALMS 102 Jesus said, "Do not let trouble stay in your mind. *Believe in God and believe in me also". ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    CONTINUE. — Rather, _dwell, i.e.,_ in the land of Canaan. (Comp. Psalms 37:22; Psalms 69:36.)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 102:29]_ בְּנֵֽי ־עֲבָדֶ֥יךָ יִשְׁכֹּ֑ונוּ וְ֝ זַרְעָ֗ם

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 102:1 Psalms 102:13 show that the psalm was written when Zion was in ruins and the time of her restoration at hand. Sadness shot with hope, as a cloud with sunlight, is the singer's mood. The p...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE TIME TO HAVE MERCY UPON ZION Psalms 102:12 We must remember that the Holy Spirit appropriates the closing words of this psalm as addressed to our Lord. See Hebrews 1:10. This gives new point to t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is a song of faith triumphing over affliction. Beginning with a prayer for deliverance, and a statement of the circumstances of suffering in which he then was, together with a recognition of thos...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall (s) be established before thee. (s) Seeing you have chosen your Church out of the world, and joined it to you, it cannot but continue...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    PSALM CII. (BENEDIC ANIMA.) Thanksgiving to God for his mercies....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    From the apostle Paul's quotation of this glorious passage, Hebrews 1:10, etc. and his illustration of it, as there explained, it should seem very evident that these verses contain God the Father's an...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS READER, I know not what soul exercises or afflictions your heart may be wounded with; but I venture to believe, that the truest relief under all, is to view Christ in his unequalled sorrow...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    28._The children of thy servants shall dwell_. By these words the prophet intimates that he does not ask the preservation of the Church, because it is a part of the human race, but because God has rai...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 102 is one of the most, perhaps the most, remarkable of all the psalms, and presents Christ in a way divinely admirable. Verse 10 (Psalms 102:10) gives the occasion of the cry with which the ps...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee._ Ver. 28. _The children of thy servants shall continue_] By virtue of the covenant, and that union with...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The children of thy servants shall continue_ Though the heavens and the earth perish, and though we, thy servants, _pine away in our iniquities_, according to thy righteous sentence and threatening,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The children of Thy servants shall continue, the Christian Church continuing from one generation to the next, AND THEIR SEED SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BEFORE THEE, as the community of believers reserved to...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    COMPLAINT OF ONE IN GREAT TROUBLE. A prayer of the afflicted, one in great misery and distress, when he is overwhelmed, Psalms 61:2, and poureth out his complaint, as from an inverted vessel, in a fu...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    23-28 Bodily distempers soon weaken our strength, then what can we expect but that our months should be cut off in the midst; and what should we do but provide accordingly? We must own God's hand in...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Though the heavens and the earth perish, and though we thy servants _pine away in our iniquities_, according to thy righteous sentence and threatening, LEVITICUS 26:39, and die in captivity; yet by vi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 102:28 children H1121 servants H5650 continue H7931 (H8799) descendants H2233 established H3559 (H8735) before...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Sorrowful complaint of great afflictions and a believing prospect of deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The greatest ease to an afflicted spirit is to unburden itself by a...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    It appears from Psalms 102:13, that this psalm was written in Babylon, and near the time of the Jewish emancipation. It is highly prophetic of the greater deliverance by the Messiah, whose law should...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The children of Thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before Thee._ GOD’S CARE FOR THE POSTERITY OF HIS SERVANTS I. How far a blessing cometh on the posterity of God’s se...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure._ A PERISHING WORLD AND AN IMMUTABLE GOD The great practical lesson which we are being daily taught is this, to withdraw our hearts from a changing and deca...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto Thee._ THOUGHTS OF COMFORT AND COMPLAINT I. Thoughts of complaint (Psalms 102:1). 1. Concerning bodily sufferings. (1) The physical anguish of lif...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 102:1. The title, “A Prayer of one afflicted,” makes it clear that this is an individual lament. At the same time, it is certainly not individualistic: the “I” who sings thi...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 102:25 The psalm finishes with words addressed to God, focusing on his everlasting being and purpose. Though the earth and heavens WILL PERISH and WILL ALL WEAR OUT LIKE A GARMENT...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 102:28 CHILDREN... OFFSPRING. The Lord, who is everlasting, can ensure that the descendants of his SERVANTS will DWELL SECURE, that is, will enjoy God’s love and Zi

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION It is impossible to determine on what occasion and by whom this Psalm was composed. Prof. Alexander and Hengstenberg regard it as a composition of David. But from internal evidence, espec...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE "title" of this psalm is altogether peculiar, being "a Prayer for the afflicted, when he faints, and pours out his complaint before Jehovah." This is clearly a general direction for the...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In Psalms 102:1-28, David begins with a prayer asking God to hear his prayer. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 53:10; Isaiah 59:20; Isaiah 59:21; Isaiah 65:22; Isaiah 66:22

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Continue — Though the heavens and earth perish, yet we rest assured that our children, and their children after them, shall enjoy an happy restitution to, and settlement in their own land....

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