The Meaning of Psalms 102:22 Explained

Psalms 102:22

KJV: When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

YLT: In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms -- to serve Jehovah.

Darby: When the peoples shall be gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.

ASV: When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When the people  are gathered  together,  and the kingdoms,  to serve  the LORD. 

What does Psalms 102:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 102:12-28 - The Time To Have Mercy Upon Zion
We must remember that the Holy Spirit appropriates the closing words of this psalm as addressed to our Lord. See Hebrews 1:10-12. This gives new point to these petitions. The psalmist's sorrows, described in the previous paragraph, had their source in the desolations of Zion rather than in personal afflictions; and when the soul feels such oppression, it is a sign that deliverance is near. Finney, the great evangelist, tells of a woman who came to her pastor under such concern for the perishing that she could neither eat nor sleep. She entreated him to appoint an inquirers' meeting, and though there had been no signs of a revival, it suddenly broke out. When Christians take pity on the stones and dust of the Church, the time has come for God to arise to her help.
Behold the unchanging Christ! Creation may wax old, the heavens and earth may be laid aside as an outworn garment, the old order may give place to new; but beneath all the changed Jesus Christ remains the same yesterday, today, and forever. How delightful are those immortal words, But thou, O Lord, shalt endure, and if He endures, His servants shall continue also, and their children after them. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 102

1  The prophet in his prayer makes a grievous complaint
12  He takes comfort in the eternity, and mercy of God
18  The mercies of God are to be recorded
23  He sustains his weakness by the unchangeableness of God

What do the individual words in Psalms 102:22 mean?

when are gathered the peoples together and the kingdoms to serve - Yahweh
בְּהִקָּבֵ֣ץ עַמִּ֣ים יַחְדָּ֑ו וּ֝מַמְלָכ֗וֹת לַעֲבֹ֥ד אֶת־ יְהוָֽה

בְּהִקָּבֵ֣ץ  when  are  gathered 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Nifal, Infinitive construct
Root: קָבַץ  
Sense: to gather, assemble.
עַמִּ֣ים  the  peoples 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
יַחְדָּ֑ו  together 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יַחַד 
Sense: union, unitedness adv.
וּ֝מַמְלָכ֗וֹת  and  the  kingdoms 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מַמְלָכָה  
Sense: kingdom, dominion, reign, sovereignty.
לַעֲבֹ֥ד  to  serve 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָבַד  
Sense: to work, serve.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
יְהוָֽה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.