Psalms 102:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The account of his intervention will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פָּ֭נָה אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת הָעַרְעָ֑ר וְלֹֽא־בָ֝זָ֗ה אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָֽם׃

Transliteration

pānâ to-tᵉp̄illat hāʿarʿār and not-ḇāzâ ʾet-tᵉp̄illātām

Grammar Details

• *pānâ*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has turned
• *ʾel*: preposition - to/toward
• *tᵉp̄illat*: noun, feminine singular construct - prayer of
• *hāʿarʿār*: article + noun, masculine singular - the destitute/naked one
• *wᵉ*: conjunction - and
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *ḇāzâ*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has despised
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *tᵉp̄illātām*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their prayer

Word Meanings

• *pānâ*: he has turned/regarded/paid attention to
• *tᵉp̄illat*: prayer/supplication of
• *hāʿarʿār*: the destitute/naked/stripped/helpless one
• *ḇāzâ*: he has despised/disdained/rejected
• *tᵉp̄illātām*: their prayer/supplication

Referenced Verses

• Rom 15:4 : 4 For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
• 1 Cor 10:11 : 11 These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
• Ps 22:30-31 : 30 A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the Lord. 31 They will come and tell about his saving deeds; they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished.
• Isa 43:21 : 21 the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me.”
• Isa 65:17-19 : 17 For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore. 18 But be happy and rejoice forevermore over what I am about to create! For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem to be a source of joy, and her people to be a source of happiness. 19 Jerusalem will bring me joy, and my people will bring me happiness. The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow will never be heard in her again.
• Dan 9:2 : 2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books that the number of years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem, which had come as the LORD’s message to the prophet Jeremiah, would be 70 years.
• John 20:31 : 31 But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
• Ps 45:16-17 : 16 Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land. 17 I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years, then the nations will praise you forever.
• Ps 48:13 : 13 Consider its defenses! Walk through its fortresses, so you can tell the next generation about it!
• Ps 71:18 : 18 Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.
• Ps 78:4-6 : 4 we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done. 5 He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants, 6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.
• Isa 43:7 : 7 everyone who belongs to me, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed– yes, whom I made!
• 2 Cor 5:17-18 : 17 So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away– look, what is new has come! 18 And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his creative work, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we can do them.
• 2 Tim 3:16-17 : 16 Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.
• 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.
• 2 Pet 1:15 : 15 Indeed, I will also make every effort that, after my departure, you have a testimony of these things.
• Exod 17:14 : 14 The LORD said to Moses,“Write this as a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in Joshua’s hearing; for I will surely wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
• Deut 31:19-30 : 19 Now write down for yourselves the following song and teach it to the Israelites. Put it into their very mouths so that this song may serve as my witness against the Israelites! 20 For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors– one flowing with milk and honey– and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant. 21 Then when many disasters and distresses overcome them this song will testify against them, for their descendants will not forget it. I know the intentions they have in mind today, even before I bring them to the land I have promised.” 22 So on that day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites, 23 and the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun,“Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you.” 24 Anticipation of Disobedience When Moses finished writing on a scroll the words of this law in their entirety, 25 he commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the LORD’s covenant, 26 “Take this scroll of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. It will remain there as a witness against you, 27 for I know about your rebellion and stubbornness. Indeed, even while I have been living among you to this very day, you have rebelled against the LORD; you will be even more rebellious after my death! 28 Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them. 29 For I know that after I die you will totally corrupt yourselves and turn away from the path I have commanded you to walk. Disaster will confront you in the days to come because you will act wickedly before the LORD, inciting him to anger because of your actions.” 30 Then Moses recited the words of this song from start to finish in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel.
• Job 19:23-24 : 23 Job’s Assurance of Vindication“O that my words were written down, O that they were written on a scroll, 24 that with an iron chisel and with lead they were engraved in a rock forever!