Thanksgiving of the congregation (22:28–32). In the concluding words of thanksgiving, there is a move away from the individual perspective of the earlier portion of the liturgy to a more cosmic perspective. Although at first the change seems abrupt, it is entirely appropriate; it sets the particular event of deliverance into a broader and more balanced perspective, and yet it is still related intimately to the earlier liturgy. Hence, it is unnecessary to suppose that the last section is not an integral part of the original psalm, as proposed, for example, by Martin-Achard (VCaro 65 [1963] 78–87). Ultimately God is king and controls the affairs of all mankind and all nations (v 29); all persons need to remember that and to worship—the psalmist who forgot it in his sense of desolation (v 2), the enemies who implied that God was not in control (vv 8–9). The particular incidents of desolation and deliverance need to be set in the larger perspective—“dominion belongs to the Lord” (v 29). But the concluding praise also ties in with another theme of the liturgy, namely the nearness of death. Though the psalmist had been delivered from death, its nearness was no excuse to cease from worshiping God; those about to die should also bow down in worship before the God of the universe (v 30). Survival is not so much important for its own sake as it is important for providing a further opportunity for participation in the worship of God . . .

PETER C. CRAIGIE AND MARVIN TATE, PSALMS 1-50, VOLUME 19: SECOND EDITION (WORD BIBLICAL COMMENTARY), 198.