But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
The psalm was written by Asaph, Ethan, and others during the Babylonian captivity, in its latter portion during the reign of Belshazzar, who did not know Daniel, when the persecution and distress of the Jews were greatest. It relates chiefly to the sorrows and afflictions of the Hebrew captives. The verse declares that the Lord endures forever, in contrast to mortal life that passes like a fading shadow, and His years cannot be measured or fully grasped by finite minds.
His enduring life is the measure of the enduring life promised to God's people, and His mercy and love never change, giving them reason to rejoice. The declaration that the Lord endures forever with His remembrance unto all generations is exhortation, encouragement, and assurance of divine help and final deliverance from persecutors. In its surrounding prophecy the appointed time to favor Zion has come, when the Lord shows mercy to Zion and builds it up and appears in glory, associated with the future restoration of Jerusalem as a secure dwelling.
God's remembrance enduring unto all generations means the memorial He made for His wonderful works was to last throughout all generations. That enduring memorial is the Sabbath day remembered and kept holy, by which all generations remember their Creator in Jesus Christ as the true God, the living God, and an everlasting King. By it they know Him apart from the gods that have not made the heavens and the earth.
The psalm was written by Asaph, Ethan, and others during the Babylonian captivity, in its latter portion during the reign of Belshazzar, who did not know Daniel, when the persecution and distress of the Jews were greatest. It relates chiefly to the sorrows and afflictions of the Hebrew captives. The verse declares that the Lord endures forever, in contrast to mortal life that passes like a fading shadow, and His years cannot be measured or fully grasped by finite minds.
His enduring life is the measure of the enduring life promised to God's people, and His mercy and love never change, giving them reason to rejoice. The declaration that the Lord endures forever with His remembrance unto all generations is exhortation, encouragement, and assurance of divine help and final deliverance from persecutors. In its surrounding prophecy the appointed time to favor Zion has come, when the Lord shows mercy to Zion and builds it up and appears in glory, associated with the future restoration of Jerusalem as a secure dwelling.
God's remembrance enduring unto all generations means the memorial He made for His wonderful works was to last throughout all generations. That enduring memorial is the Sabbath day remembered and kept holy, by which all generations remember their Creator in Jesus Christ as the true God, the living God, and an everlasting King. By it they know Him apart from the gods that have not made the heavens and the earth.