The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB The children of your servants will continue. Their offspring will be established before you.”
- BSB The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
- 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 will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
- Ps 45:16–17Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
- Ps 22:30–31A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
- Ps 89:4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
- Isa 65:22They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
- Isa 59:20–21And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
- Ps 90:16–17Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
- Isa 66:22For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
- Isa 53:10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
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