When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
- BSB when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.
- NKJV When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
- NASB When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
- NLT when multitudes gather together and kingdoms come to worship the Lord.
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Quick answer
Peoples and kingdoms will gather together to serve the LORD. The nations will be united in worshiping God.
Overview
The psalm envisions a future gathering of nations and kingdoms to serve God together. God's purposes extend beyond Israel to embrace the whole world in worship. This anticipates the ingathering of the nations through Christ, who unites peoples into one worshiping body (Revelation 7:9-10).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 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:
- Matt 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
- Isa 49:22–23Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
- Ps 72:8–11He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
- Ps 22:27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- Isa 60:3–22And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
- Rom 15:19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
- Hos 1:9–11Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
- Gen 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
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