Psalms 22 · Verse 28

Psalms 22:28

For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations.
Psalms 22:28, King James Version

Psalms 22:28 in other translations

BSBFor dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
WEBFor the kingdom is the LORD’s. He is the ruler over the nations.
ASVFor the kingdom is Jehovah’s; And he is the ruler over the nations.
YLTFor to Jehovah is the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.
DARBYFor the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.
BBEFor the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.
WebsterFor the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.

What does Psalms 22:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 22:27-31

27-31. His case illustrates God's righteous government. Beyond the existing time and people, others shall be brought to acknowledge and worship God; the fat ones, or the rich as well as the poor, the helpless who cannot keep themselves alive, shall together unite in celebrating God's delivering power, and transmit to unborn people the records of His grace.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 The kingdom is the Lord's - That universal sway of the Gospel which in the New Testament is called the kingdom of God; in which all men shall be God's subjects; and righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, be universally diffused.

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 22:28 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.

כִּ֣יkiforH3588
לַ֭יהוָהla.Yah.weh[belongs] to YahwehH3068
הַמְּלוּכָ֑הha.me.lu.Khahthe kingshipH4410
וּ֝מֹשֵׁ֗לu.mo.Sheland [he is] rulingH4910
בַּגּוֹיִֽם\׃ba.go.Yimover the nationsH1471

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

Cross references for Psalms 22:28

  • Zechariah 14:9

    And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

  • Psalms 47:7-8

    For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

  • Daniel 7:14

    And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

  • Revelation 11:15

    And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

  • Obadiah 1:21

    And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

  • Matthew 6:13

    And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
47:7,8; Da 7:14; Ob 1:21; Zec 14:9; Mt 6:13; Re 11:15

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 22:28

    For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations.

  • Psalms 22:29

    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.

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Psalms 22:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque de Jehová es el reino; y él se enseñoreará de las gentes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tous les bouts de la terre se souviendront, et ils se tourneront vers l’ Éternel, et toutes les familles des nations se prosterneront devant toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn Jehovas ist das Reich, und unter den Nationen herrscht er.