15 The nations will fear the name of the Lord, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
15 Nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
15 The godless nations will sit up and take notice - see your glory, worship your name -
15 So the nations shall fear the name of the Lord, And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
15 Then the nations will tremble before the Lord . The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.
3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
3 And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
3 Nations will come to your light, kings to your sunburst brightness.
3 The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.
3 All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance.
(Read Isaiah 60:1-8)
As far as we have the knowledge of God in us, and the favour of God towards us, our light is come. And if God's glory is seen upon us to our honour, we ought, not only with our lips, but in our lives, to return its praise. We meet with nothing in the history of the Jews which can be deemed a fulfilment of the prophecy in this chapter; we must conclude it relates principally to future events. It predicts the purity and enlargement of the church. The conversion of souls is here described. They fly to Christ, to the church, to the word and ordinances, as doves to their own home; thither they fly for refuge and shelter, thither they fly for rest. What a pleasant sight to see poor souls hastening to Christ!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 102:15
Commentary on Psalm 102:12-22
(Read Psalm 102:12-22)
We are dying creatures, but God is an everlasting God, the protector of his church; we may be confident that it will not be neglected. When we consider our own vileness, our darkness and deadness, and the manifold defects in our prayers, we have cause to fear that they will not be received in heaven; but we are here assured of the contrary, for we have an Advocate with the Father, and are under grace, not under the law. Redemption is the subject of praise in the Christian church; and that great work is described by the temporal deliverance and restoration of Israel. Look down upon us, Lord Jesus; and bring us into the glorious liberty of thy children, that we may bless and praise thy name.