Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
Parallel translations
- KJV The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
- BSB The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
- NKJV The Lord shall reign forever— Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!
- NASB The Lord will reign forever, Your God, Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!
- NLT The Lord will reign forever. He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations. Praise the Lord!
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Quick answer
The LORD reigns forever, the God of Zion through all generations. His eternal kingship is the climax and comfort of the psalm.
Overview
Unlike mortal princes whose plans perish, God reigns without end over His people. This everlasting reign is the sure foundation of hope. The psalm closes with 'Praise Yah!', and that eternal kingship is established in Christ, who reigns forever (Revelation 11:15).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 10:16Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
- Exod 15:18Yahweh shall reign forever and ever.”
- Rev 11:15The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”
- Dan 7:14There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
- Dan 6:26I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even to the end.
- Isa 12:6Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”
- Isa 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
- Joel 3:17“So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more.
- Isa 40:9You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength. Lift it up. Don’t be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
- Dan 2:44In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
- Isa 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
- Ps 145:13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahweh is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds.
- Ps 147:12Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
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