King James Version
Psalms 102:22 in the King James Version says “When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 102 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.”
Psalms 102:22 · KJV
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; those: Heb. the children of death
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. weakened: Heb. afflicted
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“When the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and the kingdoms”
H4467dominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
“to serve”
H5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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