All the ends of the world Shall remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations Shall worship before You.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
- KJV All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- BSB All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- NASB All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations will worship before You.
- NLT The whole earth will acknowledge the Lord and return to him. All the families of the nations will bow down before him.
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Quick answer
All the ends of the earth and every nation will remember, turn to, and worship Yahweh. The psalm expands into a global vision of salvation.
Overview
David's praise broadens from Israel to all the families of the earth, foreseeing the conversion of the nations to the true God. This sweeping promise finds its fulfillment in the Great Commission and the worldwide spread of the gospel of the crucified and risen Christ. The suffering of the Messiah secures worshipers from every people and tongue.
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Cross-references · 19
- Ps 86:9All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.
- Isa 45:22“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Rev 7:9–12After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
- Ps 2:8Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
- Isa 49:6Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel? I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
- Rev 15:4Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Ps 72:11Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
- Ps 96:7Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of nations, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
- Rom 16:26—
- Isa 49:12Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.”
- Ps 117:1Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
- Ps 102:22when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
- Acts 26:18–20to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
- Ps 72:8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
- 1 Th 1:9For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
- Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
- Acts 20:21testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
- Isa 46:8–9“Remember this, and show yourselves men. Bring it to mind again, you transgressors.
- Ps 98:3He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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