KJV King James Version
Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
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Psalm 102:13
Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.
WEB World English Bible
You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou—Thou risest—Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.
Surrounding context — Psalm 102
10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11 My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
13 Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
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Galatians 4:4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.Isaiah 40:2Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins.Psalm 44:26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.Zechariah 2:10-12Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.Psalm 69:35-36For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.2 Peter 3:8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.Isaiah 60:10-14And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.Revelation 11:15-18And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.Acts 1:7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.Daniel 9:2-27In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.Jeremiah 31:10-12Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare [it] in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd [doth] his flock.Ezra 1:1-11Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,Daniel 12:12-13Blessed [is] he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.2 Peter 3:12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?Psalm 7:6Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment [that] thou hast commanded.Daniel 12:9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words [are] closed up and sealed till the time of the end.Zechariah 1:12-13Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
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