Psalms 22:29

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

All of the thriving people of the earth will join the celebration and worship; all those who are descending into the grave will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י לַ֭יהוָה הַמְּלוּכָ֑ה וּ֝מֹשֵׁ֗ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃

Transliteration

For to-YHWH the-məlûkâ and-mōšēl among-the-gôyim

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: divine name
• *məlûkâ*: noun, feminine singular - 'kingdom/kingship'
• *mōšēl*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - 'ruling'
• *gôyim*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - 'the nations'

Word Meanings

• *məlûkâ*: kingdom/kingship/sovereignty
• *mōšēl*: ruling/having dominion over
• *gôyim*: nations/peoples/gentiles

Referenced Verses

• Ps 45:12 : 12 Rich people from Tyre will seek your favor by bringing a gift.
• Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.
• Phil 2:10 : 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow– in heaven and on earth and under the earth–
• Rom 14:10-12 : 10 But you who eat vegetables only– why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything– why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. 11 For it is written,“As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God.” 12 Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
• Isa 45:23 : 23 I solemnly make this oath– what I say is true and reliable:‘Surely every knee will bow to me, every tongue will solemnly affirm;
• Isa 60:3-5 : 3 Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light. 4 Look all around you! They all gather and come to you– your sons come from far away and your daughters are escorted by guardians. 5 Then you will look and smile, you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. For the riches of distant lands will belong to you and the wealth of nations will come to you.
• Isa 60:16 : 16 You will drink the milk of nations; you will nurse at the breasts of kings. Then you will recognize that I, the LORD, am your deliverer, your protector, the Powerful One of Jacob.
• Hos 13:9 : 9 Israel’s King Unable to Deliver the Nation I will destroy you, O Israel! Who is there to help you?
• John 3:36 : 36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.
• John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her,“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies, 26 and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
• Ps 49:6-9 : 6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. 7 Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price 8 (the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny), 9 so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.
• Ps 72:10-11 : 10 The kings of Tarshish and the coastlands will offer gifts; the kings of Sheba and Seba will bring tribute. 11 All kings will bow down to him; all nations will serve him.
• Ps 73:7 : 7 Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.
• Ps 78:31 : 31 when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.
• Ps 113:7 : 7 He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,
• Isa 10:16 : 16 For this reason the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke.
• Rev 20:12-15 : 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened– the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death– the lake of fire. 15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.
• Rev 21:24 : 24 The nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur into it.
• Isa 29:4 : 4 You will fall; while lying on the ground you will speak; from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation.