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Psalm 22:28–31

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22:28For the Lord is king64

and rules over the nations.

22:29All of the thriving people65 of the earth will join the celebration and worship;66

all those who are descending into the grave67 will bow before him,

including those who cannot preserve their lives.68

22:30A whole generation69 will serve him;

they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord.70

22:31They will come and tell about his saving deeds;71

they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished.72

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Footnotes

  1. 64 Heb “for to the Lord [is] dominion.”
  2. 65 Heb “fat [ones].” This apparently refers to those who are healthy and robust, i.e., thriving. In light of the parallelism, some prefer to emend the form to יְשֵׁנֵי (yésheney, “those who sleep [in the earth]”; cf. , ), but דִּשְׁנֵי (dishney, “fat [ones]”) seems to form a merism with “all who descend into the grave” in the following line. The psalmist envisions all people, whether healthy or dying, joining in worship of the Lord.
  3. 66 Heb “eat and worship.” The verb forms (a perfect followed by a prefixed form with vav [ו] consecutive) are normally used in narrative to relate completed actions. Here the psalmist uses the forms rhetorically as he envisions a time when the Lord will receive universal worship. The mood is one of wishful thinking and anticipation; this is not prophecy in the strict sense.
  4. 67 Heb “all of the ones going down [into] the dust.” This group stands in contrast to those mentioned in the previous line. Together the two form a merism encompassing all human beings—the healthy, the dying, and everyone in between.
  5. 68 Heb “and his life he does not revive.”
  6. 69 Heb “offspring.”
  7. 70 Heb “it will be told concerning the Lord to the generation.” The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (̒adonay).
  8. 71 Heb “his righteousness.” Here the noun צִדָקָה (tsidaqah) refers to the Lord’s saving deeds whereby he vindicates the oppressed.
  9. 72 Heb “to a people [to be] born that he has acted.” The words “they will tell” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For kingship belongs to the Lord,

and he rules over the nations.

All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;

before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,

even the one who could not keep himself alive.

Posterity shall serve him;

it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;

they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn,

that he has done it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for dominion belongs to the Lord

and he rules over the nations.

All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;

all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—

those who cannot keep themselves alive.

Posterity will serve him;

future generations will be told about the Lord.

They will proclaim his righteousness,

declaring to a people yet unborn:

He has done it!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for kingship belongs to the Lord;

he rules the nations.

All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;

all those who go down to the dust

will kneel before him—

even the one who cannot preserve his life.

Their descendants will serve him;

the next generation will be told about the Lord.

They will come and declare his righteousness;

to a people yet to be born

they will declare what he has done.

NLTNew Living Translation

For royal power belongs to the Lord.

He rules all the nations.

Let the rich of the earth feast and worship.

Bow before him, all who are mortal,

all whose lives will end as dust.

Our children will also serve him.

Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord.

His righteous acts will be told to those not yet born.

They will hear about everything he has done.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Because the kingship belongs to Yahweh,

and he rules over the nations.

All the healthy ones of the earth will eat and worship.

Before him all of those descending into the dust will kneel,

even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

Descendants will serve him.

Regarding the Lord, it will be told to the next generation.

They will come and tell his saving deeds

to a people yet to be born, that he has done it.

KJV 1900King James Version

For the kingdom is the Lord’s:

And he is the governor among the nations.

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship:

All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him:

And none can keep alive his own soul.

A seed shall serve him;

It shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness

Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.