Psalms 102:18

“This will be written for a generation to come, and a people created will praise Yah.”

Psalms 102:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 102:18, word by word

will be writtenתִּכָּתֶבtikatev

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

Where else “tikatev” appears
for a generationדוֹרdor

generation

The people of the same time.

Where else “dor” appears
to comeאַחֲרוֹןacharon

posterity

Later generations.

Where else “acharon” appears
and a peopleעַםam

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

Where else “am” appears
createdנִבְרָאnivra

create

To bring something new into being; only God does this.

Where else “nivra” appears
will praiseיְהַלֶּלyehalel

praise

To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.

Where else “yehalel” appears
Yahיָהּyah

Yah

Yah: the short form of the name YHWH. It is the form found in "Hallelujah" ("praise Yah").

Where else “yah” appears

The context

17He has turned to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

18 · This verse (above)

19For he looked down from the height of his holiness; YHWH from the heavens to the earth gazed,

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