Psalms 22 · Verse 26

Psalms 22:26

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Psalms 22:26, King James Version

Psalms 22:26 in other translations

BSBThe poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
WEBThe humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise the LORD who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
ASVThe meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.
YLTThe humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.
DARBYThe meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
BBEThe poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
WebsterThe meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

What does Psalms 22:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 22:25-26

25-26. My praise shall be of thee--or, perhaps better, "from thee," that is, God gives grace to praise Him. With offering praise, he further evinces his gratitude by promising the payment of his vows, in celebrating the usual festival, as provided in the law (De 12:18; 16:11), of which the pious or humble, and they that seek the Lord (His true worshippers) shall partake abundantly, and join him in praise [Psa…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 The meek shall eat - ענוים anavim. the Poor, shall eat. In the true only Sacrifice there shall be such a provision for all believers that they shall have a fullness of joy. Those who offered the sacrifice, fed on what they offered. Jesus, the true Sacrifice, is the bread that came down from heaven; they who eat of this bread shall never die.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 22:22-31

The Saviour now speaks as risen from the dead. The first words of the complaint were used by Christ himself upon the cross; the first words of the triumph are expressly applied to him, He 2:12. All our praises must refer to the work of redemption. The suffering of the Redeemer was graciously accepted as a full satisfaction for sin. Though it was offered for sinful men, the Father did not despise or abhor it for our…

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Psalms 22:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יֹאכְל֬וּyo.khe.Luthey will eatH398
עֲנָוִ֨ים\׀'a.na.Vimhumble [people]H6035
וְיִשְׂבָּ֗עוּve.yis.Ba.'uso they may be satisfiedH7646
יְהַֽלְל֣וּye.ha.Luthey will praiseH1984
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
דֹּ֣רְשָׁ֑יוdo.re.Shav[those who] seek himH1875
יְחִ֖יye.Chimay it liveH2421
לְבַבְכֶ֣םle.vav.Khemheart yourH3824
לָעַֽד\׃la.'Adfor everH5703

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 22:26

  • Psalms 69:32

    The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

  • Psalms 40:16

    Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.

  • Isaiah 65:13

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

  • Psalms 105:3-4

    Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

  • John 6:48-58

    I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. …

  • Psalms 107:9

    For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

  • Isaiah 25:6

    And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

  • John 4:14

    But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

  • Leviticus 7:11-17

    And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord. If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the Lord, and it shall be the priest’s that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The meek.
69:32; Le 7:11-17; Isa 25:6; 65:13; Joh 6:48-58
they.
105:3,4
your.
69:32; Joh 4:14; 6:51

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 22:25

    My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

  • Psalms 22:26

    The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

  • Psalms 22:27

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

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Psalms 22:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Comerán los pobres, y serán saciados: alabarán á Jehová los que le buscan: vivirá vuestro corazón para siempre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
De toi vient ma louange dans la grande congrégation. Je paierai mes vœux devant ceux qui le craignent.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Sanftmütigen werden essen und satt werden; es werden Jehova loben, die ihn suchen; euer Herz lebe immerdar.