Psalms 102:12

12 But you, O Lord, are king forever; all generations will remember you.

Psalms 102:12 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 102:12

But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever
This address is made to Christ, as is clear from ( Psalms 102:25-27 ) , compared with ( Hebrews 1:10-12 ) , who is a divine Person, endures for ever, is from everlasting to everlasting, unchangeably the same in his love, power, wisdom, faithfulness and though he died as man, he will die no more; he is alive, and lives for evermore; and because he lives, his people shall live also; and he will come again to take them to himself: and, as Mediator, he is King for ever; always continues, as such, to rule over, protect, and defend his people; and is a Priest for ever, and ever lives to make intercession for them; and his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, have a constant virtue in them, to take away sin, and secure from it: the consideration of the perpetuity of Christ, in his person and offices, was a comfort to the psalmist under his troubles, and in a view of his own declining state: the Targum is,

``but thou, O Lord, thy habitation continues for ever in heaven:''

and thy remembrance to all generations;
the remembrance of his name Jehovah, or Jesus, or Immanuel, or any other, is sweet and precious to his saints in all ages; and so the remembrance of his works, of what he has done and suffered, especially the great work of redemption; for the remembrance of which the ordinance of the Lord's supper is appointed to be continued till his second coming; and his Gospel is an everlasting one, which will transmit the memory of him to men in every age, to the end of the world; and though all flesh is as grass, and every man dies, even the ministers of the word, yet that itself lives for ever. Aben Ezra reads "thy throne", as agreeing with ( 5:19 ) , but Kimchi observes that this reading is owing to a bad copy.

Psalms 102:12 In-Context

11 My life is like the evening shadows; I am like dry grass.
12 But you, O Lord, are king forever; all generations will remember you.
13 You will rise and take pity on Zion; the time has come to have mercy on her; this is the right time.
14 Your servants love her, even though she is destroyed; they have pity on her, even though she is in ruins.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.