when multitudes gather together and kingdoms come to worship the Lord.
Parallel translations
- WEB when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
- KJV When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
- 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.
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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 8:20–23Yahweh of Armies says: “Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;
- Matt 24:14This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
- Isa 49:22–23Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
- Ps 72:8–11He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
- Ps 22:27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
- Isa 60:3–22Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
- Rom 15:19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;
- Hos 1:9–11He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.
- Gen 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
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