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ESV: Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;

NIV: Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.

NASB: A posterity will serve Him; It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.

CSB: Their descendants will serve him; the next generation will be told about the Lord.

NLT: Our children will also serve him. Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord.

KJV: A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

NKJV: A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,

This verse anticipates each generation telling the next about the Lord's salvation and sovereignty. Those qualities of God were explored in Psalm 22:24–29. In Deuteronomy 6, the Lord commanded the fathers of Israel to teach the words of His law diligently to their children and talk about them when sitting at home, when walking, when lying down, and when rising up (Deuteronomy 6:6–7).

In 2 Timothy 1:5 the apostle Paul remembers Timothy's unadulterated faith. He notes how that faith was also found in Timothy's grandmother and his mother. Obviously, the good news about God's love and mercy passed from generation to generation. In 2 Timothy 3:15 Paul commented that Timothy had been acquainted with Scripture from a young age. The Greek word used in that verse is brephos. This indicates a very young child, possibly even an unborn child. Luke 1:44 says that when Mary visited her pregnant cousin Elizabeth, the brephos jumped in Elizabeth's womb.

It is never too early in a child's life to hear about God from a parent.

Psalm 22:22–31 focuses on David's praise to God, whereas the earlier passage focused on his prayer to God. We read there that trouble took a heavy toll on David. Here we find David thanking the Lord for the triumph he gave David over his foes. We find a similar contrast in chapters 27 and 28 of Matthew. One records the awful death of Jesus, the other His amazing deliverance out of the grave.

This psalm may be divided into two parts. The first part, verses 1–21, contains an urgent prayer, in which the suppliant questions a holy God's distance from him in his time of suffering. It also contains a graphic description of the Messiah's suffering. Messiah's suffering included humiliation, the taunts of unbelievers, a distressful sense of loneliness, and intense physical pain. The second part of the psalm continues a prayer to be delivered, and includes a glimpse of resurrection and exaltation. The psalm praises God and announces a future time when God will receive worldwide acclaim and worship.

This psalm of David should be understood in association with Psalms 23 and 24. Psalm 22 describes the sufferings of the Good Shepherd, Jesus, for His sheep. Psalm 23 describes His care for His sheep. Psalm 24 describes His return in glory to reward His sheep. Psalm 22 includes prophetic sayings which Jesus uttered from the cross. It also predicts the afflictions he endured there (Matthew 27:27–56; Luke 22:63–65; 23:18–49). Isaiah 53 also prophesies the sufferings that Jesus suffered on the cross.

The book of Psalms is composed of individual songs, hymns, or poems, each of which is a ''Psalm'' in and of itself. These works contain a wide variety of themes. Some Psalms focus on praising and worshipping God. Others cry out in anguish over the pain of life. Still other Psalms look forward to the coming of the Messiah. While some Psalms are related, each has its own historical and biblical context.

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