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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
All [they that be] fat upon earth,.... Rich men, who abound in worldly substance, are in very flourishing and prosperous circumstances, of whom for the most part this is literally true; yea, by these sometimes are meant princes, rulers, the chief among the people in power and authority, as well as in riches; see Psalms 78:31; the phrase may design...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. They shall come,- I should have liked to hear those syllables fall from those dear lips of his. “They shall come,” he says...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
A seed shall serve him,.... That is, Christ shall always have a seed to serve him in every age; a remnant according to the election of grace; see Romans 9:29; so that as the former verses speak of the amplitude of Christ's kingdom, through the calling of the Gentiles, these words and the following express the duration of it: and this "seed" either...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. They shall come, How he rolls it like a sweet morsel under his tongue! “They shall come.” Those great sinners, those far-off ones, “they shall come,”-
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They shall come,.... One generation after another; there shall always be a succession of regenerate persons, who shall come to Christ, and to his churches; and a succession of Gospel ministers among them, who shall come forth, being sent and qualified by Christ; and shall declare his righteousness, either the faithfulness of God, in fulfilling his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. Or, “It is finished.” There the Psalm endeth, and that was the Master’s dying cry.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall come, — The passion of Christ shall work for a certain deliverance for his people; what he has purchased, he shall surely have: “They shall come,” — Psa_22:31. And shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. Or, “it is finished.” When our Lord had uttered these words, “he bowed his head, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, He sees the great host of the regenerate, the twice-born, who shall be saved through his death. Psa_22:31. That he hath done this. It would be a very literal translation if I read these last words thus “It is finished.” Thus the Psalm ends, and so ended the great sacrifice of...