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Psalms 22:29

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

All [they that be] fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

Psalms 22:29 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 22:29

Theological / Devotional

All they. This verse should be connected with the foregoing. Jehovah is king over the nations, and the rich and prosperous among them are presented as coming to the sanctuary to sacrifice and to worship. Likewise the weaker, decaying nations, represented as “they that go down to the dust,” come to bow down.

None can keep alive his own soul. Rather, “he who does not keep his soul alive.” This may be understood as further amplifying the thought of the weaker nations. The LXX translates this sentence “and my soul lives to him,” suggesting a different interpretation, but the Hebrew appears simpler.

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