The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
Parallel translations
- WEB The children of your servants will continue. Their offspring will be established before you.”
- KJV The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
- NKJV The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You.”
- NASB “The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You.”
- NLT The children of your people will live in security. Their children’s children will thrive in your presence.”
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Quick answer
The children of God's servants will continue and be established before Him. God secures a future for His people across generations.
Overview
The psalm closes with assurance that the descendants of God's servants will endure under His care. The eternal, unchanging God guarantees the continuation of His people. This finds fulfillment in the church, the lasting people God establishes through Christ to dwell secure before Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 69:35–36For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
- Ps 45:16–17Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.
- Ps 22:30–31Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
- Ps 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
- Isa 65:22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
- Isa 59:20–21“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.
- Ps 90:16–17May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
- Isa 66:22“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
- Isa 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
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