The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will live in it.
Parallel translations
- WEB The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
- KJV The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
- BSB The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.
- NKJV Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it, And those who love His name shall dwell in it.
- NLT The descendants of those who obey him will inherit the land, and those who love him will live there in safety.
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Quick answer
The descendants of God's servants will inherit the land, and those who love his name will dwell there. It assures a lasting inheritance for the faithful and their children.
Overview
The psalm closes with the promise that the offspring of God's servants and all who love his name will inherit and dwell securely in the land. God's covenant faithfulness extends to generations. For believers this anticipates the eternal inheritance of those who love Christ, who will dwell forever in God's presence in the new creation.
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Cross-references · 12
- Ps 102:28The children of your servants will continue. Their offspring will be established before you.”
- Acts 2:39For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
- Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
- Ps 37:29The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.
- Isa 61:9Their offspring will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge them, that they are the offspring which Yahweh has blessed.”
- John 14:23Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
- Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
- Ps 91:14“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
- Rom 8:28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
- Rev 21:27There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- Isa 44:3–4For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
- Ps 90:16–17Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children.
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