So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
Parallel translations
- WEB So the nations will fear Yahweh’s name; all the kings of the earth your glory.
- BSB So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your 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.
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- 1 Kgs 8:43Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
- Ps 138:4All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
- Isa 60:3–22And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
- Ps 86:9All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
- Zech 8:20–23Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
- Rev 11:15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
- Ps 68:31–32Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
- Ps 72:11Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
- Ps 67:2–4That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
- Isa 55:5Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
- Rev 21:24And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
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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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