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Psalm 22:26
The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise the LORD who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
24For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.
25My praise of you comes in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
26The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise the LORD who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
28For the kingdom is the LORD’s. He is the ruler over the nations.
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The humble eat their fill in a psalm marked by affliction, and praise rises from people who seek YHWH.
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Isaiah 61:1The Lord GOD’s Spirit is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim …The humble receive blessing in both passages: food and satisfaction in the psalm, good news in Isaiah.
Psalm 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.Eating and abundance mark both psalms, with the satisfied humble here and a prepared table and overflowing cup in Psalm 23.
Psalm 107:9For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.Both passages speak of hunger being satisfied, with Psalm 107 naming God as the one who fills the hungry soul.
Zephaniah 2:3Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the …The humble seek the LORD in both passages, though Zephaniah speaks amid warning and Psalm 22 anticipates praise.
Isaiah 55:2Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let …Both passages connect eating with satisfaction; Isaiah contrasts that satisfaction with spending and labor that leave people unfilled.
Psalm 69:32The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.Both psalms name the humble and those who seek God, then pronounce a blessing that their hearts may live.
Joel 2:26You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied, and will praise the name of the LORD, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again …Both passages promise eating and satisfaction, followed by praise to the LORD.
Isaiah 65:13Therefore the Lord GOD says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my …Eating marks blessing in both passages; Isaiah contrasts God's servants with those who remain hungry.
Psalm 40:16Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let the LORD be exalted!”Those who seek the LORD praise him in both psalms, with Psalm 40 also asking for their joy.
Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.Both passages connect seeking the LORD with his goodness, expressed in Psalm 22 through satisfaction and praise.
Matthew 5:5Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.Both announce blessing for the humble or gentle, though one speaks of food and the other of inheriting the earth.
John 6:54He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.Both passages speak of eating and enduring life; John names Jesus' flesh and blood, which the psalm does not mention.
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The humble have a place in this song of praise. The God who heard the afflicted is the one they seek, and their hunger meets his provision.
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