Psalms 22:27

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The psalmist, having moved from personal affliction to praise, declares a future in which the nations respond to Yahweh. This sits between the satisfaction of the poor (v.26) and the assertion of divine dominion (v.28).

The words — אַפְסֵי ('af.sei-) means "ends" in the sense of extremities, the furthest reaches of the earth — the same word Isaiah uses in 45:22. The verb sequence יִזְכְּר֤וּ (yiz.ke.Ru, "they will remember") → יָשֻׁ֣בוּ (ya.Shu.vu, "they will turn") → יִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ (yish.ta.cha.Vu, "they will bow down") moves from internal recollection to physical prostration.

The thread — Isaiah 45:22 pairs the identical phrase "ends of the earth" with the same verb "turn," and Psalms 86:9 echoes the nations bowing before the LORD. Revelation 7:9 presents the eschatological image of every nation and tribe standing before the throne.

Why it lands — The verse refuses to let faith remain a private transaction; it places the reader inside a scope that includes every nation. The question it raises is whether your understanding of God's claim on you matches the scale of this declaration.

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The Hebrew words

יִזְכְּר֤וּ׀yiz.ke.Ruthey will remember וְיָשֻׁ֣בוּve./ya.Shu.vuand/ they may turn אֶל־'el-to יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahweh כָּל־kol-all אַפְסֵי־'af.sei-[the] ends of אָ֑רֶץ'A.retz[the] earth וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּve./yish.ta.cha.Vuso/ they may bow down לְ֝פָנֶ֗יךָle./fa.Nei./kha<to>/ before/ you כָּֽל־kal-all מִשְׁפְּח֥וֹתmish.pe.Chot[the] clans of גּוֹיִֽם׃go.Yim[the] nations

King James Version

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

Cross-references

Psalms 86:9 All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
Isaiah 45:22 Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Revelation 7:9 After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
Psalms 2:8 Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
Isaiah 49:6 He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
Revelation 15:4 Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
Psalms 72:11 May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
Psalms 96:7 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
Romans 16:26 but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
Psalms 72:8 May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.