
Text -- Psalms 22:25 (NET)




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Wesley -> Psa 22:25
In the universal church, of Jews and Gentiles.
JFB -> Psa 22:25-26
JFB: Psa 22:25-26 - -- Or, perhaps better, "from thee," that is, God gives grace to praise Him. With offering praise, he further evinces his gratitude by promising the payme...
Or, perhaps better, "from thee," that is, God gives grace to praise Him. With offering praise, he further evinces his gratitude by promising the payment of his vows, in celebrating the usual festival, as provided in the law (Deu 12:18; Deu 16:11), of which the pious or humble, and they that seek the Lord (His true worshippers) shall partake abundantly, and join him in praise [Psa 22:26]. In the enthusiasm produced by his lively feelings, he addresses such in words, assuring them of God's perpetual favor [Psa 22:26]. The dying of the heart denotes death (1Sa 25:37); so its living denotes life.
Clarke -> Psa 22:25
Clarke: Psa 22:25 - -- The great congregation - In Psa 22:22 he declares that he will praise God in the midst of the congregation. Here the Jews seem to be intended. In th...
The great congregation - In Psa 22:22 he declares that he will praise God in the midst of the congregation. Here the Jews seem to be intended. In this verse he says he will praise him in the Great Congregation. Here the Gentiles are probably meant. The Jewish nation was but a small number in comparison of the Gentile world. And those of the former who received the Gospel were very few when compared with those among the Gentiles who received the Divine testimony. The one was (for there is scarcely a converted Jew now)
Calvin -> Psa 22:25
Calvin: Psa 22:25 - -- 25.My praise shall proceed from thee I do not reject the other translation; but in my opinion, the Hebrew manner of expression here requires this sen...
25.My praise shall proceed from thee I do not reject the other translation; but in my opinion, the Hebrew manner of expression here requires this sense - that David will take the matter of his song of praise from God. Accordingly, I supply the verb shall proceed, or shall flow, — My praise shall proceed or flow from thee; and he made this statement in order to testify that he owed his deliverance entirely to God. We know that there are many who, under pretense of praising God, trumpet forth their own praises, and those of their friends, and leaving God in the back-ground, take occasion from one thing or another to celebrate their own triumphs. The Psalmist repeats what he had touched upon a little before, that he will show the tokens of his gratitude in a public manner, in order thereby to edify others. He adds, that among these tokens will be the solemn exercise of godliness enjoined by the law: I will pay my vows in the presence of them that fear him. In important affairs, and when threatened with imminent danger, it was a common practice among God’s ancient people to vow a peace-offering, and after having obtained the object of their desire, they performed their vow. As David, therefore, belonged to the number of the saints, he conformed himself, as it became him, to that common and understood regulation of the Church. The vows which he promises to pay are those which he intimates he had made in his extreme distress, and he prepares himself to perform them with a noble and cheerful heart, yea, with a heart full of confidence. Now, although it behoved him to perform this solemn act of religion in the presence of the whole assembly without distinction, he again confesses it to be his desire, that all who should be present there to witness it should be the true worshippers of God. Thus, although it may not be in our power to cleanse the Church of God, it is our duty to desire her purity. The Papists, by wresting this passage to support their false and deceitful vows, show themselves so stupid and so ridiculous, that it is unnecessary to spend much time in refuting them. What resemblance is there between these childish fooleries, with which according to their own imagination they attempt to appease God, and this holy testimony of gratitude, which not only a true sense of religion and the fear of God suggested to the fathers, but which God himself has commanded and ratified in his law? Yea, how can they have the face to equal their foolish and infamous superstitions to the most precious of all sacrifices - the sacrifice of thanksgiving? even as the Scriptures testify, that the principal part of the service of God consists in this, that true believers publicly and solemnly acknowledge that he is the author of all good things.
TSK -> Psa 22:25
TSK: Psa 22:25 - -- My praise : Psa 22:22, Psa 35:18, Psa 40:9, Psa 40:10, Psa 111:1
I will : Psa 56:12, Psa 65:1, Psa 66:13, Psa 66:16, Psa 116:14-19, Psa 118:19, Psa 11...
My praise : Psa 22:22, Psa 35:18, Psa 40:9, Psa 40:10, Psa 111:1
I will : Psa 56:12, Psa 65:1, Psa 66:13, Psa 66:16, Psa 116:14-19, Psa 118:19, Psa 118:20; Ecc 5:4, Ecc 5:5

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Barnes -> Psa 22:25
Barnes: Psa 22:25 - -- My praise shall be of thee - That is, I will praise thee. I will call to remembrance thy goodness, and will unite with others in celebrating th...
My praise shall be of thee - That is, I will praise thee. I will call to remembrance thy goodness, and will unite with others in celebrating thy faithfulness and lovingkindness.
In the great congregation - See the notes at Psa 22:27.
I will pay my vows before them that fear him - In the presence of his worshippers. That is, he would keep the vows which in his afflictions he had made, that he would praise and serve God. These vows or promises were of the nature of a "debt"which he says he would remember to pay. Of the Redeemer, this need not be understood personally, but it means that as the result of his prayer having been heard, the worship of God would be celebrated by those who feared him. The solemn worship of the people of God - the praises which they offer to the Most High - may be regarded as worship paid by the Redeemer himself, for he does it in the persons and services of those whom he redeemed. All the praises which proceed from their hearts and lips are the fruit of his "vows,"of his fidelity, and his prayers.
Poole -> Psa 22:25
Poole: Psa 22:25 - -- In the great congregation either in the general assemblies of the Israelites at their solemn feasts; or in the universal church, made up of Jews and ...
In the great congregation either in the general assemblies of the Israelites at their solemn feasts; or in the universal church, made up of Jews and Gentiles, as the following verses explain it.
My vows i.e. those praises and services which in my distress I vowed to return unto thee when thou didst deliver me.
Gill -> Psa 22:25
Gill: Psa 22:25 - -- My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation,.... Or, "my praise is from thee" o; not that he should have praise of God, as he had, when he w...
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation,.... Or, "my praise is from thee" o; not that he should have praise of God, as he had, when he was received up into heaven, and set down at the right hand of God; but that God should be the object of his praise, as he was the cause of it; his salvation and deliverance of him, and resurrection from the dead, and exaltation of him, were the occasion and matter of it: the place where Christ determined to praise the Lord is "the great congregation"; either his apostles, who, though a little flock, yet, on account of their extraordinary office and gifts, and peculiar privileges, were the greatest congregation that ever was in the world; or the five hundred brethren to whom Christ appeared at once after his resurrection; or else the whole church under the Gospel dispensation; in the midst of which Christ is, and who in the members of it praises the name of the Lord; and this especially will have its accomplishment at the latter day, when great multitudes will be converted, and the voice of praise and thanksgiving will be among them, Rev 7:9;
I will pay my vows before them that fear him; either those which he made in the council and covenant of grace, when he engaged to become a surety for his people, to assume their nature, to suffer and die for them, to redeem them from sin and misery, and bring them nigh to God, and save them with an everlasting salvation; all which he has openly done; see Psa 31:19; or those which he made in Psa 22:21; that he would declare the name of the Lord unto his brethren, and sing praise unto him in the midst of the church; compare with this Psa 116:12.

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NET Notes: Psa 22:25 Heb “my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.” When asking the Lord for help, the psalmists would typically promise to praise the...
Geneva Bible -> Psa 22:25
Geneva Bible: Psa 22:25 My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my ( p ) vows before them that fear him.
( p ) Which were sacrifices of thanksgivi...

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 22:1-31
TSK Synopsis: Psa 22:1-31 - --1 David complains in great discouragement.9 He prays in great distress.23 He praises God.
Maclaren -> Psa 22:25
Maclaren: Psa 22:25 - --Feasting On The Sacrifice
The meek shall eat and be satisfied.'--Psalm 22:26.
THE flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offering for thanksgiving shall...
MHCC -> Psa 22:22-31
MHCC: Psa 22:22-31 - --The Saviour now speaks as risen from the dead. The first words of the complaint were used by Christ himself upon the cross; the first words of the tri...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 22:22-31
Matthew Henry: Psa 22:22-31 - -- The same that began the psalm complaining, who was no other than Christ in his humiliation, ends it here triumphing, and it can be no other than Chr...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 22:25-26
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 22:25-26 - --
(Heb.: 22:26-27) The call to thanksgiving is now ended; and there follows a grateful upward glance towards the Author of the salvation; and this gr...
Constable -> Psa 22:1-31; Psa 22:21-30
Constable: Psa 22:1-31 - --Psalm 22
The mood of this psalm contrasts dramatically with that of Psalm 21. In this one David felt for...
