For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
Parallel translations
- WEB For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
- KJV When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
- NKJV For the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory.
- NASB For the Lord has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
- NLT For the Lord will rebuild Jerusalem. He will appear in his glory.
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Quick answer
The LORD has built up Zion and appeared in His glory. God's faithful restoration displays His splendor.
Overview
The psalmist speaks with confidence of God rebuilding Zion and revealing His glory in doing so. God's redemptive work is itself a manifestation of His majesty. This finds ultimate fulfillment as God builds His church and reveals His glory in Christ (Matthew 16:18).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Isa 60:1–2Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Jer 33:7I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
- Ps 147:2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
- Zech 2:6–13“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
- Ps 97:6The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
- Mic 2:9You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
- Ps 69:35For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
- Isa 61:3to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
- Jer 31:4Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
- Ps 51:18In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
- Isa 60:7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
- Isa 14:26This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
- Isa 2:2–3In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
- Isa 66:18“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
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