Psalms 102:16
For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
BSB
ASV
For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.
KJV
When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. As kings display their skill and power and wealth in the erection of their capitals, so would the Lord reveal the splendour of his attributes in the restoration of Zion, and so will he now glorify himself in the edification of his church. Never is the Lord more honourable in the eyes of his saints than when he prospers the church.
This is expected from the favour of God; that will set all to rights, and nothing but that, and therefore Daniel prays ( Dan. ix. 17 ), Cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary, which is desolate. The building up of Zion is as great a favour to any people as they can desire.
When the Lord shall build--or better, "Because the Lord hath built," &c., as a reason for the effect on others; for in thus acting and hearing the humble, He is most glorious.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Jeremiah 33:7I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
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For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to…
I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
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Psalms 147:2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
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Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.