Psalm 102:18

18 Let this be written down for the next generation so that people not yet created will praise the LORD:

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 102:18 In-Context

16 because the LORD will rebuild Zion; he will be seen there in his glory.

17 God will turn to the prayer of the impoverished; he won't despise their prayers.

18 Let this be written down for the next generation so that people not yet created will praise the LORD:

19 The LORD looked down from his holy summit, surveyed the earth from heaven,

20 to hear the prisoners' groans, to set free those condemned to death,