22:22 I will declare your name to my countrymen! 1
In the middle of the assembly I will praise you!
22:23 You loyal followers of the Lord, 2 praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
All you descendants of Israel, stand in awe of him! 3
22:24 For he did not despise or detest the suffering 4 of the oppressed; 5
he did not ignore him; 6
when he cried out to him, he responded. 7
22:25 You are the reason I offer praise 8 in the great assembly;
I will fulfill my promises before the Lord’s loyal followers. 9
22:31 They will come and tell about his saving deeds; 10
they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished. 11
1 tn Or “brothers,” but here the term does not carry a literal familial sense. It refers to the psalmist’s fellow members of the Israelite covenant community (see v. 23).
2 tn Heb “[you] fearers of the
3 tn Heb “fear him.”
4 tn Or “affliction”; or “need.”
5 sn In this verse the psalmist refers to himself in the third person and characterizes himself as oppressed.
6 tn Heb “he did not hide his face from him.” For other uses of the idiom “hide the face” meaning “ignore,” see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9. Sometimes the idiom carries the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 27:9; 88:14).
7 tn Heb “heard.”
8 tn Heb “from with you [is] my praise.”
9 tn Heb “my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.” When asking the
10 tn Heb “his righteousness.” Here the noun צִדָקָה (tsidaqah) refers to the Lord’s saving deeds whereby he vindicates the oppressed.
11 tn Heb “to a people [to be] born that he has acted.” The words “they will tell” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.