For the Lord has built up 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.
- BSB For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
- NKJV For the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear 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).
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- Isa 60:1–2“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
- Jer 33:7I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
- Ps 147:2Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
- Zech 2:6–13Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says Yahweh.
- Ps 97:6The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.
- Mic 2:9You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.
- Ps 69:35For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
- Isa 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
- Jer 31:4I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry.
- Ps 51:18Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.
- Isa 60:7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be accepted as offerings on my altar; and I will beautify my glorious house.
- Isa 14:26This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
- Isa 2:2–3It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
- Isa 66:18“For I know their works and their thoughts. The time comes that I will gather all nations and languages, and they will come, and will see my glory.
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