Bible Strands
Psalms 22:26
The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the assembly of those who fear God immediately after fulfilling vows for deliverance, shifting focus from personal rescue to the future hope of the community. The words — עֲנָוִים ('a.na.Vim) = humble [people] and יְחִ֖י (ye.Chi) = may it live. The thread — This language of the humble eating, seeking God, and heart-living appears in Psalms 69:32, Psalms 40:16, and Isaiah 65:13. Why it lands — It demands that readers pursue God actively and recognize divine provision as the foundation for praise, rejecting self-sufficiency.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Cross-references
- Psalms 69:32 The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
- Psalms 40:16 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
- Isaiah 65:13 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
- Psalms 105:3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
- Psalms 107:9 For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- Isaiah 25:6 On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- John 6:48 I am the bread of life.
- John 4:14 But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Leviticus 7:11 Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD: