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Psalm 22:31
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.
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.
Notice
People yet to be born will hear what God has done, stretching the reach of his righteousness beyond the lives of those who first declare it.
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Psalm 78:6that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,Both passages picture children yet to be born receiving knowledge of God through people who tell the next generation.
Psalm 86:9All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.Both passages look toward people coming to honor God, through declaring his righteousness in Psalm 22 and worshiping in Psalm 86.
Romans 3:25whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s …Both texts speak of God’s righteousness being made known, with Romans naming the atoning sacrifice through which God demonstrates it.
Romans 1:17For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”God’s righteousness is declared in the psalm and revealed in Romans, where faith is named as central to that revelation.
Psalm 71:18Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to …Both psalms look toward the next generation hearing about God, with Psalm 71 expressing that hope through an aging person’s prayer.
Psalm 98:2The LORD has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.Both psalms describe God’s righteousness becoming known beyond its first witnesses, among future people in one and the nations in the other.
Isaiah 44:3–5For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring;Both passages look toward descendants: the psalm promises that they will hear, while Isaiah promises God’s Spirit and blessing.
Isaiah 12:4In that day you will say, “Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Declare his doings among the peoples! Proclaim that his name is exalted!Both passages connect what God has done with people declaring it to others.
2 Corinthians 5:21For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.Both texts name God’s righteousness, though the psalm concerns its proclamation and Corinthians concerns people becoming God’s righteousness in him.
Romans 5:19–21For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.Both passages concern righteousness reaching others, though Romans describes people being made righteous and the psalm describes righteousness being declared.
Isaiah 66:7–9Birth is their limited shared thread: the psalm anticipates unborn hearers, while Isaiah describes a son delivered before labor pains.
Romans 3:21–25But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;Both passages speak of God’s righteousness becoming known, with Romans describing the witness of the law and the prophets.
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Your lifespan sets no limit on how long God’s deeds will be told. The psalm ends with future people hearing of his righteousness because he has acted.
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