Verse 31
31. They shall come The “seed,” or “generation” of the previous verse, shall come; that is, be born, appear upon the scene.
Declare… unto a people that shall be born Tell to the succeeding generation the wonderful works of God, as Psalms 48:13; Psalms 71:18; Psalms 102:28, and as the law of Moses required. Deuteronomy 11:19; Deuteronomy 32:46. Thus shall Messiah’s kingdom be perpetual. Daniel 7:14.
Righteousness, includes both the rectitude and the faithfulness of God in respect to the matters treated in the psalm, to wit: the sufferings and triumphs of Messiah, or the great work of redemption.
That he hath done Because he has finished it, namely, the work of redemption. The broad, significant term עשׂה , ( ‘asah,) here rendered “he hath done,” often takes the sense of accomplish, fulfil, execute, finish. It is the word which expresses the completion of the six days’ work of the Creator, (Genesis 2:2-3,) the accomplishment of special, providential deliverances, as Psalms 37:5; Psalm 52:11; the redemption of the Church, as Isaiah 44:23. In this sense it should be here understood, answering to the last utterance of Christ, except one, upon the cross “It is finished.” Thus the beginning and the final words of this wonderful psalm are the most solemn echoes of Calvary.
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