Reference

Psalms 22:29

Sheol / The Grave Dominion Over Creation Stewardship of Creation

“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.”

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

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

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.

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

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Sheol / The Grave

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Counter-Arguments

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Sheol / The Grave

The phrase "go down to the dust" is a common biblical idiom for death, but the verse also speaks of "worship" and "bowing before him," which could be interpreted as actions of the living or a future resurrection, rather than solely the state of the dead in Sheol.

Dominion Over Creation

This verse describes all people, regardless of their status ("fat upon earth" or "go down to the dust"), worshipping and bowing before a "him," and acknowledges the inability of anyone to preserve their own life. This language points to the universal submission of humanity to a higher power, rather than humanity's authority or control over the natural world.

Stewardship of Creation

This verse focuses on universal worship and the mortality of all people, without any mention of humanity's role in tending, keeping, or managing creation. The "fat upon earth" refers to the prosperous, not a specific role in creation.

Sheol / The Grave

Related Verses

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 22:26

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

Psalms 22:25

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

Psalms 72:9

“They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.”

Psalms 33:19

“To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.”

Thematic Connections

Sheol / The Grave Dominion Over Creation Stewardship of Creation

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