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Psalms 102:22
when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist, speaking from acute personal affliction, looks past his own suffering to a future moment of corporate worship. This declaration follows a call to proclaim Yahweh’s name in Zion and immediately precedes a description of his own broken strength and shortened days.
The words — הִקָּבֵץ (hiqqabeç) means to gather or assemble, and עֲבֹד ('avod) means to serve or worship. Paired with עַמִּים ('amim, peoples) and מַמְלָכוֹת (mamlekhot, kingdoms), these terms define the verse’s core action.
The thread — This motif of nations gathering to worship Yahweh appears in Zechariah 8:20, Matthew 24:14, and Psalm 22:27. Each reference extends the scope of worship beyond Jerusalem to include all peoples, nations, and the ends of the earth.
Why it lands — The text states that foreign nations will eventually assemble to serve Yahweh, demanding that readers recognize His sovereignty extends beyond Israel. It requires the reader to align their hope with a future reality where worship is no longer confined to a single location.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
Cross-references
- Zechariah 8:20 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
- Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
- Psalms 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Psalms 72:8 May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
- Isaiah 49:22 This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
- Isaiah 60:3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
- Romans 15:19 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
- Genesis 49:10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Hosea 1:9 And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.