Psalm 102:18

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BibleOld TestamentPsalms
KJV

18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

JPS Tanakh

19 May this be written down for a coming generation, that people yet to be created may praise the LORD.


See Literal and Figurative Creation in the Bible and Created, formed and made

Is Creation ongoing?

"Not yet created" in this verse is נִ֝בְרָ֗א ("people" is עַם) — the idea that bara creation had a time limit is wrong. See Genesis 2:1-3.

See Continuing Creation.