Bible Strands
Psalms 22:31
They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the present community, declaring a future reality in which posterity will serve the Lord and announce His deeds to a new generation.
The words — יָ֭בֹאוּ (Ya.vo.'u) translates literally as "they will come," and צִדְקָת֑וֹ (tzid.kat·o) means "His righteousness."
The thread — This pattern of future generations declaring God’s works appears in Psalms 78:6, which describes children yet to be born arising to tell their own children, and aligns with the universal worship described in Psalms 86:9 and the gospel revelation in Romans 1:17.
Why it lands — The text demands that readers acknowledge God’s deeds as public history meant for continuous transmission, requiring active participation in reporting His actions to those not yet born.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
Cross-references
- Psalms 78:6 that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children
- Psalms 86:9 All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
- Romans 1:17 For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
- Psalms 102:18 Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
- Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- Psalms 40:9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
- Psalms 145:4 One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Isaiah 49:21 Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
- Isaiah 54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.