So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
Parallel translations
- WEB So the nations will fear Yahweh’s name; all the kings of the earth your glory.
- KJV So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
- NKJV So the nations shall fear the name of the Lord, And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
- NASB So the nations will fear the name of the Lord, And all the kings of the earth, Your glory.
- NLT Then the nations will tremble before the Lord. The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.
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Quick answer
The nations and kings will fear the LORD's name and glory. God's restoration of Zion will draw the world to honor Him.
Overview
The psalm widens its vision: God's saving work for Zion will cause the nations and their rulers to revere Him. His glory will be displayed to the whole world. This anticipates the gospel's spread, as people from every nation come to fear and glorify God through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- 1 Kgs 8:43then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
- Ps 138:4All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.
- Isa 60:3–22Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
- Ps 86:9All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
- Zech 8:20–23This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
- Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- Ps 68:31–32Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
- Ps 72:11May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
- Ps 67:2–4that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
- Isa 55:5Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
- Rev 21:24By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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