Psalms 22:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

The blessed results of His deliverance (1), in regard to the spiritual Israel (Psalms 22:22-24).

I will declare thy name - i:e., thy power, faithfulness, and love, manifested in my deliverance.

Unto my brethren - the elect of Israel, "of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came" (Romans 9:5; Revelation 7:1-8): secondarily the spiritual Israel. In Psalms 22:27 He passes to the effect of His deliverance on all the Gentile "nations" hereafter. Here He speaks of His Israelite kinsmen, the believing remnant according to the election of grace (Romans 11:5). 'He is not ashamed to call' either "brethren" (Hebrews 2:11-12): He previously called the ancestors of Israel, "our fathers." In ... the congregation will I praise thee. "The congregation" of the elect hereafter shall realize that high ideal of perfect liturgy, of which the whole assembly of Israel (Leviticus 16:17) in past days was the type (Psalms 35:18; Psalms 40:9; cf. note, Psalms 22:25).

Psalms 22:22

22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.