"The children of Your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before You" (Psalm 102:28).
Psalm 102 is described in its subtitle as "a prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord." Who that person is, we do not know. Yet we read his complaint of some affliction which leaves him sleepless and without appetite. His foes taunt him. Whether that is because of what is happening to him, or if that is itself the affliction, again we do not know. But his heart is revived as he recalls the sovereignty of God (verse 12), especially in His faithfulness to His church (verse 16).
In the final verse, which I have quoted above, the author reminds us that God is faithful not just to us in the moment, but to our children and their posterity. This covenant succession is mentioned frequently in Scripture. For example, we see a parallel verse in Isaiah 54:13: "All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children."
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