1599-1645. it shall be accounted to the Lord for, etc. 30. "Commentary on Psalms 22:30". 1685. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. A commentary that takes into consideration the entire Bible, however, reveals Psalm 22 to contain a detailed prophecy of how Jesus dies on the cross to pay the death penalty due for our sins (see John 3:16), including those highlighted below and explained further below (also see Isaiah 53 commentary). it shall be accounted to the Lord for, etc. 30. There are a number of laments in Hebrew scripture, to include several psalms of lament as well as the book of Lamentations. Christ shall not want a seed or posterity, Hebrews 2:13; for though the Jewish nation should generally reject and forsake him, which may seem to be here implied, Christ shall have many disciples or followers, and the Gentiles shall come in their stead. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bnb/psalms-22.html. As one generation is called to its rest, another will arise in its stead. 1076. , throughout all ages, to the end of time; so the Targum, "to an after generation"; or "a generation to come". They would not be a generation of aliens and strangers, but a generation of his people and friends. 1999. Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. "Commentary on Psalms 22:30". Or, their. This Psalm must be expounded, word for word, entire and in every respect, of Christ only; without any allegory, trope, or anagoge. BibliographyHengstenberg, Ernst. Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfu/psalms-22.html. BibliographyWhedon, Daniel. Copyright StatementThese files are a derivative of an electronic edition prepared from text scanned by Woodside Bible Fellowship.This expanded edition of the Jameison-Faussett-Brown Commentary is in the public domain and may be freely used and distributed. About Jehovah it shall be told to the (coming) generation. It shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation; Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Commentary Critical and Explanatory - Unabridged, Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible, Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures. 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. The idea is taken from the operations of the husbandman who carefully reserves every year a portion of his grain for seed. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jtc/psalms-22.html. Farther, as the name Jehovah, which is expressive of God’s essence, is not here used as it is a little before, but the word Adonai, I do not disapprove of the opinion of those who think that Christ is here expressly invested with authority over (527) the Church, that he may register all who shall give in their names as on the side of God his Father. The expression, To be registered to the Lord for a generation, is explained in two ways. Others, as in Psalms 87:6, understand a reference to the census; but the parallelism is against this reference. In like manner, in Psalms 71:18, "the generation," is defined from the connection. "Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers". It shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation; It shall be told of the Lord unto the generation that shall come: be accounted to the Lord for a generation, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. seed, i.e. Ver. It shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation; that believing seed shall be reputed, both by God and men, the generation, or children, or people of the Lord, as the Jews formerly were. (last clause). ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. Ernst Hengstenberg on John, Revelation, Ecclesiastes, Ezekiel & Psalms. John Trapp Complete Commentary. The word used here, and rendered “seed” - זרע zera‛ - means properly “a sowing;” then, a planting, a plantation; then. Used by Permission. To the Lord—Unto Adonah, not Jehovah; a title of dominion, and applies to Christ here, as in Psalms 110:1; Psalms 110:5, where see notes. This psalm has a unique title: A Psalm. It shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. A seed — Christ shall not want a seed or posterity, for though the Jewish nation will generally reject him, the Gentiles shall come in their stead. They would be regarded as such by him; they would be so estimated by mankind. This interpretation also is opposed by the following verse, in which the idea expressed here is more fully brought out, viz. 30. "Commentary on Psalms 22:30". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". The very smallest quantity of really good seed is, to him, an object of great desire, and if by grievous failure of crops he should not be able to procure more than a single grain, yet would he accept it thankfully, preserve it carefully, and plant it in the most favourable soil. Chapter 22 The Spirit of Christ, which was in the prophets, testifies in this psalm, as clearly and fully as any where in all the Old Testament, "the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow’’ (1 Pt. That it indicates here the succeeding generation, is evident from Psalms 22:31. "Commentary on Psalms 22:30". Biblical laments typically include (1) a … Prof. Alexander renders this, it seems to me improperly, "It shall be related of the Lord to the next generation." (q) "in quacunque generatione", Noldius, p. 236. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/heg/psalms-22.html. And as when the Jews refused Christ, their children were cast out of the covenant with them; so when the Gentiles embraced the gospel covenant, their children were admitted with them. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ebc/psalms-22.html. Church history, the marrow of all history. Copyright StatementThe New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Modernised and adapted for the computer by Larry Pierce of Online Bible. It is used here as denoting those who belong to the family of God; his children. All rights reserved. Indeed, this psalm is an appropriate lectionary reading for Good Friday because the Gospels cite and allude to it at least five times in the crucifixion account. the seed of the Gentile worshippers last mentioned. BibliographyBenson, Joseph. Psalm 30 – Remembering the Greatness of God at a Great Event. לאדני is properly, in reference to the Lord. Others take it for generation, in the sense in which the word natio [nation] is used in the Latin tongue. The generation here, is equivalent to, דור אחרון in Psalms 13 , Psalms 78:4. ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. 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. It … Continue reading "Commentary on Psalm 22" Such is the source from which the metaphor is taken. It shall be accounted for a generation — That believing seed shall be reputed, both by God and men, the generation, or people of the Lord, as the Jews formerly were. A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. Generations of sinners come not into the genealogy of the skies. No. It shall be accounted for a generation — That believing seed shall be reputed, both by God and men, the generation, or people of the Lord, as the Jews formerly were. A seed shall serve him — Christ shall not want a seed or posterity, for though the Jewish nation will generally reject him, the Gentiles shall come in their stead. A seed shall serve him. BibliographyExell, Joseph S. "Commentary on "Psalms 22:30". But the common rendering appears to me to furnish a better signification, and to be more in accordance with the meaning of the original. "Commentary on Psalms 22:30". Compare Psalm 87:6. it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation; of his people, his children whom he accounts of, reckons, and esteems as such; or the seed shall be reckoned to the Lord, as belonging to him, "unto generation"; that is, in every generation (q), throughout all ages, to the end of time; so the Targum, "to an after generation"; or "a generation to come". The meaning here is, that, as the result of the work performed by the sufferer, many would be brought to serve God. A seed shall serve him - A people; a race. 30.Their seed shall serve him. New York. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 1840-57. They would not be a generation of aliens and strangers, but a generation of his people and friends. "Calvin's Commentary on the Bible". Shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation - The word here rendered "Lord" is not יהוה Yahweh, but אדני 'Âdônay, a word which is often used as a name of God - and should not be printed here in small capitals. Accordingly, the perpetuity of the Church is here abundantly proved, and in very clear terms: not that it always flourishes or continues in the same uniform course through successive ages, but because God, unwilling that his name should be extinguished in the world, will always raise up some sincerely to devote themselves to his service. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? A seed shall serve him. זרע, seed, is defined by its connection with what precedes to be, "the posterity," of those there spoken of.