the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Psalms 22:31
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His righteous acts will be told to those not yet born. They will hear about everything he has done.
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness To a people that shall be born, that he has done it.
They will tell that he does what is right. People who are not yet born will hear what God has done.
They will come and tell about his saving deeds; they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished.
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he hath done [this].
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, For he has done it.
They will come and declare His righteousness To a people yet to be born—that He has done it [and that it is finished].
they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.
A generacioun to comyng schal be teld to the Lord; and heuenes schulen telle his riytfulnesse to the puple that schal be borun, whom the Lord made.
They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn-all that He has done.
People not yet born will be told, "The Lord has saved us!"
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.
They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.
A descendant will serve him; the next generation will be told of Adonai. They will come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he is the one who did it.
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [it].
Each generation will tell their children about the good things the Lord has done.
A seed shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation. They shall come and shall declare His righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that He hath done it.
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousnes vnto a people that shalbe borne, that he hath done this.
They will come and tell about His saving power to a people yet to be born. For He has done it.
and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it.
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shall be borne, because he hath done it.
They shall come and declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, and tell that which the LORD has done.
People not yet born will be told: "The Lord saved his people."
That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!
(21-32) There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.
and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, that he has wrought it.
They wyll come and declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shalbe borne: for he hath done it.
And they shall report his righteousness to the people that shall be born, whom the Lord has made.
They will come and declare his righteousness;to a people yet to be bornthey will declare what he has done.
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, For he has done it.
They will come and tell his saving deeds to a people yet to be born, that he has done it.
they shall come and shall declare His righteousness to a people that shall yet be born; for He has done it.
They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!
The sede shall serue him, and preach of the LORDE for euer. They shal come, & declare his rightuousnes: vnto a people that shal be borne, who the LORDE hath made.
They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.
They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done this.
They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.
They will come and will declare His righteousnessTo a people who will be born, that He has done it.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
They: Psalms 78:6, Psalms 86:9, Psalms 102:18, Psalms 145:4-7, Isaiah 44:3-5, Isaiah 49:21-23, Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 60:4, Isaiah 66:7-9
his righteousness: Romans 1:17, Romans 3:21-25, Romans 5:19-21, 2 Corinthians 5:21
Reciprocal: Psalms 35:18 - give Psalms 44:1 - have heard Psalms 45:17 - I will Psalms 98:2 - righteousness Psalms 102:28 - The children Psalms 103:17 - his righteousness Psalms 145:6 - And men Isaiah 12:4 - declare Romans 3:25 - to declare
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They shall come,.... One generation after another; there shall always be a succession of regenerate persons, who shall come to Christ, and to his churches; and a succession of Gospel ministers among them, who shall come forth, being sent and qualified by Christ;
and shall declare his righteousness, either the faithfulness of God, in fulfilling his promises; especially those which respect the mission of Christ, and salvation by him, as Zacharias did, Luke 1:68; or rather the righteousness of Christ, which is revealed in the Gospel, and makes a most considerable part of the declaration of it, and is published by Gospel ministers in all ages, as the only justifying righteousness before God: and that
unto a people that shall be born; in successive generations; that shall be brought upon the stage of time and life; or that shall be born again; for to such only, in a spiritual and saving way, is the righteousness of Christ declared, revealed, and applied, by the blessed Spirit, through the ministry of the word: it is added,
that he hath done [this]; wrought this righteousness; so Jarchi; that is, is the author of it; is become the end of the law for it; has finished it, and brought it in; or else all the great things spoken of in this psalm, relating to the Messiah, his sufferings, death, and resurrection, and the calling of the Gentiles; all which are the Lord's doings, and are what is declared in the Gospel: the Targum is, "the miracles which he hath done"; the Septuagint version, and those that follow it, connect this clause with the preceding thus, "to a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made"; made them his people, created them in Christ, and formed them for himself.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They shall come - That is, there were those who would thus come. Who these would be is not specified. The obvious sense is, that some would rise up to do this; that the succession of such men would be kept up from age to age, making known these great facts and truths to succeeding generations. The language would be applicable to a class of men called, from age to age, to proclaim these truths, and set apart to this work. It is a fair application of the verse to refer it to those who have been actually designated for such an office - the ministers of religion appointed to keep up the memory of the great work of redemption in the world. Thus understood, the passage is a proper carrying out of the great truths stated in the psalm - that, in virtue of the sufferings of the Redeemer, God would be made known to men; that his worship would be kept up in the earth; that distant generations would serve him.
And shall declare his righteousness - No language could better describe the actual office of the ministers of the Gospel as appointed to set forth the ârighteousnessâ of God, to vindicate his government and laws, and to state the way in which men may be made righteous, or may be justified. Compare Romans 1:17; Romans 3:26.
Unto a people that shall be born - To future generations.
That he hath done this - That God has done or accomplished what is stated in this psalm; that is, on the supposition that it refers to the Messiah, that he has caused an atonement to be made for mankind, or that redemption has been provided through the sufferings of the Messiah.
I have given what seems to me to be a fair exposition of this psalm, referring it wholly to the Messiah. No part of the interpretation, on this view of the psalm, seems to me to be forced or unnatural, and as thus interpreted it seems to me to have as fair and obvious an applicability to him as even Isaiah 53:1-12, or any other portion of the prophecies. The scene in the psalm is the cross, the Redeemer suffering for the sins of man. The main features of the psalm relate to the course of thoughts which then passed through the mind of the Redeemer; his sorrow at the idea of being abandoned by God; his confidence in God; the remembrance of his early hopes; his emotions at the taunts and revilings of his enemies; his consciousness of prostrated strength; his feelings as the soldiers pierced his hands and his feet, and as they proceeded to divide his raiment; his prayer that his enemies might not be suffered to accomplish their design, or to defeat the work of redemption; his purpose to make God known to men; his assurance that the effect of his sufferings would be to bring the dwellers on the earth to serve God, and to make his name and his righteousness known to far distant times. I regard the whole psalm, therefore, as applicable to the Messiah alone; and believing it to be inspired, I cannot but feel that we have here a most interesting and affecting account, given long before it occurred, of what actually passed through the mind of the Redeemer when on the cross - an account more full than we have anywhere else in the Bible. Other statements pertain more particularly to the external events of the crucifixion; here we have a record in anticipation of what actually passed through his own mind in those hours of unspeakable anguish when he made an atonement for the sins of the world.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 22:31. Unto a people that shall be born — That is, one generation shall continue to announce unto another the true religion of the Lord Jesus; so that it shall be for ever propagated in the earth. Of his kingdom there shall be no end.
ANALYSIS OF THE TWENTY-SECOND PSALM
This Psalm concerns the Messiah, his passion, and his kingdom. Though, in some sense, it, may be applied to David as a type, yet Christ is the thing signified, and therefore it is primarily and principally verified of and in him; for he is brought in here, speaking,
First, Of his dereliction; then showing his passion, and the cruelty of his enemies.
Secondly, Entreating ease and deliverance from his sufferings.
Thirdly, Promising thanks to God; foretelling the preaching of the Gospel, and the enlargement of his kingdom by the accession of all nations.
There are three chief parts in this Psalm:-
I. Our Saviour's complaint, and the causes of it: prophetically expressing his sufferings nearly throughout the whole Psalm.
II. His petition and prayer that God would not absent himself, but deliver and save him, Psalms 22:3-5; Psalms 22:9-11; Psalms 22:19-21.
III. His thanksgiving and prophetic declaration concerning the conversion of the Gentiles; Psalms 22:22-31.
I. He begins with a heavy complaint of dereliction in his extremity; and that he was not heard, though he prayed with strong crying and tears: "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" c. The words are repeated to show the deep anguish of his heart.
2. He shows how well-grounded his complaint was: for God had dealt with him contrary to his usual method for when his saints called upon him, he heard them in their distress. Martyres si non eripuit, tum non deseruit. "If he did not deliver the martyrs, yet he did not desert them in their sufferings." His case was more grievous than any that had gone before. Of this he speaks particularly in the three succeeding verses, Psalms 22:3-5, by which he reminds God of his promise: "Call on me in the time of trouble, and I will deliver thee." Of this they who went before had experience: and as he was the same God still, why should this Sufferer only be deserted? for they were heard and comforted.
1. "Thou art holy," propitious and benevolent. "Thou dwellest in the praises of Israel;" thou art continually helping them, and they are continually praising thee for this help.
To prove all this he brings the example of the fathers: -
2. "Our fathers trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them."
3. "They cried unto thee-and were not confounded."
But my case is worse than any other: "I am a worm, and am no man."
He then details his sufferings: -
1. The scoffs and scorns cast upon him: "I am become the reproach of men, and the despised among the people."
2. Their contempt is expressed both by words and gestures: "All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip-and shake the head."
3. They laboured to deprive him of his God. They uttered this insulting sarcasm: "He trusted in the Lord that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, since he delighted in him."
II. He now breaks off the narration of his sufferings, has immediate recourse to God, refutes their irony, shows his confidence in God, and prays for assistance. This he strengthens by three arguments drawn from God's goodness towards him: -
1. His generation and birth: "Thou - tookest me out of my mother's womb."
2. His sustenance and support ever since: "Thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts; - thou art my God from my mother's belly." In a word, he was his Saviour, Protector, and Preserver.
3. Trouble is near, and there is none to help. Therefore, "Be not far from me."
Now he returns to the narration of his passion, in which he sets forth the despite, cruelty, and rage of the Jews towards him, whom he compares to bulls, lions, dogs, c., Psalms 22:16.
1. They apprehended him: "Many bulls have compassed me" c.
2. They longed to condemn and devour him: "They gaped on me with their mouths, as a ravening and roaring lion."
3. This was the cruelty of the lions and bulls, the chief rulers, and chief priests and now follows the ravin of the dogs, the "multitude of the people:" they were the "assembly of the wicked;" and being stirred up by the priests and rulers, "they compassed him round about."
4. They crucify him. And his passion is foretold, with what he should suffer in body and soul.
1. "I am poured out like water." My blood is poured out freely; and no more account taken of it, than if it were water spilt on the ground.
2. "All my bones (when hung on the cross) are out of joint."
3. "My heart (at the sense of God's hatred to sin) is dissolved and melted like wax."
4. "My strength (my animal spirits and muscular energy) is dried up like a potsherd;" or like a pot, whose fluid is evaporated by hanging long over a fierce fire.
5. "My tongue (for thirst) cleaveth to my jaws."
6. "Thou hast brought me to death - to the dust of death:" to the grave.
7. "They pierced my hands and my feet." I am crucified also, and die upon the cross.
8. By my long hanging upon the cross, my bones are so disjointed that they may be easily told: "I may tell all my bones."
9. "They look and stare upon me." They feel no compassion, but take pleasure in my agonies. This is an affection which is characteristic only of a devil.
10. "They part my garments among them." They delighted in his destruction for the sake of his spoils.
Having thus far described his sufferings, and the malice of his enemies, he begins again to pray; which is, in effect, the same with that ejaculation with which Christ gave up the ghost: "Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit." "Be not thou far from me, O Lord." "Deliver my soul from the sword, my darling from the power of the dog." "Save me from the lion's mouth," c.
III. This part, which is a profession of thanks for deliverance, contains a clear prophecy of the resurrection of Christ that, having conquered death and Satan, he was to reign and gather a Church out of all nations, which was to continue for ever. This is amplified,
First, By a public profession of the benefit received from God: "I will declare thy name in the midst of the congregation, I will pay my vows." In which we have,
1. The propagation, proclamation, and preaching of the Gospel: "I will declare thy name;" which is amplified,
(1.) By the notation of the objects to whom preached, honoured here by the name of, 1. Brethren. 2. Those that fear the Lord. 3. The seed of Jacob, the seed of Israel. 4. The meek or poor. 5. The fat - rich, great, or eminent of the earth. 6. They that go down to the dust.
(2.) By the place: "The midst of the congregation" - the great congregation, i.e., both among the Jews and among the Gentiles.
(3.) By the worship they were to pay: 1. Praise. 2. Paying of vows. 3. Fear, or religious reverence.
2. An exhortation to his brethren, c., to do this duty and they must be fit for it, for every one is not fit to take God's name in his mouth. It is, Ye that fear the Lord-the seed of Jacob-the seed of Israel, fear him, serve the Lord in fear, rejoice before him with reverence. Give him both external and internal worship.
3. And to engage them to this, he gives two reasons:
Reason 1. Drawn from God's goodness, his acceptance of our worship, hearing our prayers, and affording help when we call: "For the Lord hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted. When he cried to him, he heard him."
Reason 2. The great good that should happen to them who would believe and accept the Gospel; whom he calls here the meek, that is, the humble, broken-hearted, the penitent, the heavy laden; those who are oppressed with the burden of their sins, and astonished at a sense of God's wrath. To them are made three promises of comfort: -
1. "They shall eat, and be satisfied." They shall be fed with the word and ordinances of God.
2. "They shall praise the Lord for his mercy;" seeking his favour in his ordinances, which, under the Gospel, are generally eucharistical.
3. "Their heart shall live for ever;" their conscience being quieted and pacified, and freed from a sense of God's wrath.
Secondly, The prophet proceeds, and shows us the amplitude of these benefits; that they belong, not only to the Jews but to the Gentiles, by whose conversion the kingdom of Christ is to be enlarged.
1. "All the ends of the world," being warned by the preaching of the Gospel, and allured by these promises, shall remember - consider the lamentable condition in which they are, and deplore their former estate, impiety, and idolatry. And the mercy of God being now manifested to them -
2. They shall cast away their gods, turn from their evil ways, and seek that God from whom they have been alienated. And being converted -
3. They shall embrace a new form of religion under the Gospel: "All the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee."
4. Of which the reason is, because Christ is advanced to the throne; all power is given to him: "For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he is governor among the people."
5. He then shows the two kinds of people who should become subjects of the kingdom; in effect, rich and poor.
1. "The fat upon the earth." The wealthy, the mighty; kings, princes, great men, are to be called into the kingdom, that they may be partakers of its grace: "All they that be fat upon the earth," c.
2. "They also that go down to the dust." That is, the poor, the neglected, who draw out their life in misery, and sit, as it were, in the dust those who are perpetual mourners, and have, as it were, perpetual dust and ashes upon their heads: "These shall bow before him."
Lastly. He amplifies the greatness of this benefit by the perpetuity of Christ's kingdom. It was not a feast of one hour, it was to continue.
1. "A seed shall serve him." But this and the preceding clause may signify the psalmist's resolution to live to God himself, and to show others the same way. See the notes.
This seed, however, shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. It shall be a peculiar people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and called by Christ's own name - CHRISTIANS.
2. When one generation is past, another shall come up to perform this duty, being instructed by their fathers: "They shall come and declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born." Manebit semper ecclesia, "the Church is immortal."
3. He concludes with the cause of all. Why called, justified, sanctified, saved. He hath done it; the GOD, the Author of all; the Fountain of all grace; the Giver of Jesus Christ, and eternal life through him. For by him, and of him, and through him, are all things; and to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever!
