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Psalm 22:29
All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul alive.
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.
29All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul alive.
30Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.
31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.
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The rich eat and worship, while those going down to dust bow too, confronting the reader with a God whose rule reaches beyond wealth and strength.
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Psalm 45:12The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.Both passages name the rich, showing them worshiping in Psalm 22 and seeking favor in Psalm 45.
Philippians 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,Both passages describe bowing on a vast scale; Philippians names Jesus as the one before whom every knee should bow.
Isaiah 26:19Your dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast …Dust marks the place of the dead in both passages; Isaiah adds the promise that the dead shall rise.
Psalm 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.Both passages include food in relation to God: eating accompanies worship in Psalm 22, and God prepares a table in Psalm 23.
Psalm 89:48What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.Both psalms confront human mortality and the inability to preserve one’s own soul from death.
John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.Both passages face human death; John records Jesus promising life to the one who believes in him, even through death.
Psalm 113:7He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,Both use dust to describe a low human condition: approaching death in Psalm 22 and poverty in Psalm 113.
John 12:43for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.The link is limited to honor: Psalm 22 describes worship before God; John describes a preference for human praise.
Revelation 20:12–15I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were …Both depict people before God across differences in status, with death remaining part of the scene.
Isaiah 45:23I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take …Both declare that bowing before God will extend to all, expressing the reach of his rule.
1 Corinthians 11:24When he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.”Both connect eating with devotion: Psalm 22 joins eating and worship, while Corinthians records eating in memory of Jesus.
2 Corinthians 1:9Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,Both confront the limits of human power over death; Corinthians directs trust toward God, who raises the dead.
Where this verse fits
Death and what comes after. aging. praise and worship.
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Encouragement
Your inability to keep yourself alive does not place you outside this verse’s view: even the one nearing dust appears among those bowing before God.
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