Psalms 102:18

18 Write this down for the next generation so people not yet born will praise God:

Psalms 102:18 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 102:18

This shall be written for the generation to come
This prayer, as the Targum paraphrases it, is a directory to saints in distressed circumstances; or that which was just now said, that the Lord will regard, and not despise the prayer of the destitute; this shall stand on record, for the encouragement of praying souls in all generations; or this whole prophecy, concerning the glory of the church in the latter day; this shall be written for the next generation, and so on until it is accomplished, to keep up the faith and expectation of the fulfilment of it:

and the people which shall be created:
born at the time when all this shall be done; or who shall become new creatures; be created in Christ Jesus, and made new men;

these shall praise the Lord,
when he shall arise and have mercy on Zion; when he shall favour and rebuild her, in answer to the prayers of his people; then their prayers will be turned into praise; then will those voices be heard among them, hallelujah, salvation, glory, honour, and power unto the Lord our God, ( Revelation 19:1 ) .

Psalms 102:18 In-Context

16 When God rebuilds Zion, when he shows up in all his glory,

17 When he attends to the prayer of the wretched. He won't dismiss their prayer.

18 Write this down for the next generation so people not yet born will praise God:

19 "God looked out from his high holy place; from heaven he surveyed the earth.

20 He listened to the groans of the doomed, he opened the doors of their death cells."