Psalms 22:30

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
seed	זֶ֥רַע Ze.ra'	H2233	seed · noun, common masculine singular absolute
serve	יַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ ya.'av.De.nu	H5647	to work (in any sense) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
accounted	יְסֻפַּ֖ר ye.su.Par	H5608	properly · verb, pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Lord	לַֽאדֹנָ֣י la.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · preposition + proper noun, a title
generation	לַדּֽוֹר la.Dor	H1755	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Hebrews 2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath…
Psalms 102:28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
Galatians 3:26-29 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Psalms 14:5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
Psalms 24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
Psalms 87:6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:22–end

The same that began the psalm complaining, who was no other than Christ in his humiliation, ends it here triumphing, and it can be no other than Christ in his exaltation. And, as the first words of the complaint were used by Christ himself upon the cross, so the first words of the triumph are expressly applied to him (Heb 2:12) and are made his own words: I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. The certain prospect which Christ had of the joy set before him not only gave him a satisfactory answer to his prayers, but turned his complaints into praises; he saw of the travail of his soul, and was well satisfied, witness that triumphant…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 22:30

it shall be accounted to the Lord for, &c.--or, "it shall be told of the Lord to a generation." God's wonderful works shall be told from generation to generation.

John Gill on Psalms 22:30

A seed shall serve him,.... That is, Christ shall always have a seed to serve him in every age; a remnant according to the election of grace; see Romans 9:29; so that as the former verses speak of the amplitude of Christ's kingdom, through the calling of the Gentiles, these words and the following express the duration of it: and this "seed" either means Christ's seed; so the Septuagint version, and others that follow it, render it, "my seed"; the spiritual seed and offspring of Christ, which the Father has given him, and which shall endure for ever, Isaiah 53:10; or else the church's seed, which comes to the same thing; not the natural seed of believers, but a succession of godly men in the…

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John Calvin on Psalms 22:30–end

Psalm 22:30-31 30. Their seed shall serve him, and shall be registered to the Lord [526] for a generation. 31. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, because he hath done it. 30. Their seed shall serve him. The more to exalt the greatness of the benefit, he declares that it will be of such a character that posterity will never forget it. And he shows how it will come to be perpetuated, namely, because the conversion of the world, of which he has spoken, will not be for a short time only but will continue from age to age. Whence we again conclude, that what is here celebrated is not such a manifestation of the glory of God to the Gentile nations…

The Church Fathers

"And My Soul shall live to Him." And My Soul, which in the contempt of this world seems to men as it were to die, shall live, not to itself, but to Him. "And My seed shall serve Him" [Psalm 22:30]. And My deeds, or they who through Me believe in Him, shall serve Him.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 22

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Dictionary and topics

Aijeleth Shahar — Hind of the dawn, a name found in the title of Ps. 22. It is probably the name of some song or tune to the measure of which the psalm was to be chanted. Some, however, understand by the name some…
Hind — Heb. ‘ayalah (2 Sam. 22:34; Ps. 18:33, etc.) and ‘ayeleth (Ps. 22, title), the female of the hart or stag. It is referred to as an emblem of activity (Gen. 49:21), gentleness (Prov. 5:19), feminine…
Gentiles · PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF — PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 22:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 22:30

John Gill on Psalms 22:30

John Calvin on Psalms 22:30–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 22:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 22:30

John Gill on Psalms 22:30

John Calvin on Psalms 22:30–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 22:27–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 22:30

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 22:30