2. 8:57 . 4. We must declare to our children that God has done this; it is his wisdom in a mystery; it is his arm revealed.In singing this we must triumph in the name of Christ as above every name, must give him honour ourselves, rejoice in the honours others do him, and in the assurance we have that there shall be a people praising him on earth when we are praising him in heaven. When the prince of this world with his terrors set upon him, gaped upon him as a roaring lion, he fell upon the ground and prayed. 6:16 .II. Here is, (1.) The dislocation of his bones. That the work of our redemption by Christ is the Lord’s own doing (Ps. This he dreaded more than any thing, Gen. 3:24 . It is here prophesied, (1.) When we cannot rejoice in God as our song, yet let us stay ourselves upon him as our strength, and take the comfort of spiritual supports when we cannot come at spiritual delights. (2.) That all humble gracious souls should have a full satisfaction and happiness in him, v. 26. But even then he kept fast hold of his relation to his Father as his God, by whom he was now employed, whom he was now serving, and with whom he should shortly be glorified.II. Our Lord Jesus, in his sufferings, supported himself with this—that all the fathers who were types of him in his sufferings, Noah, Joseph, David, Jonah, and others, were in due time delivered and were types of his exaltation too; therefore he knew that he also should not be confounded, Isa. See what abuses were put upon him. Let this therefore confirm our faith in him as the true Messiah, and inflame our love to him as the best of friends, who loved us and suffered all this for us.II. Christ, in his sufferings, cried earnestly to his Father for his favour and presence with him. Or who knows the power of it? The prodigal came first to himself, and then to his father. Perhaps the easiest way to see David as a prophet is to survey one of his most clearly prophetic psalms, Psalm 22. 2. He was stripped. The poor also shall receive his gospel: Those that go down to the dust, that sit in the dust (Ps. Our fathers were honoured, the patriarchs in their day, first or last, appeared great in the eye of the world, Abraham, Moses, David; but Christ is a worm, and no man. 1:11 ); of him, no doubt, David here speaks, and not of himself, or any other man. 5. 19:36 ), but they were all out of joint by the violent stretching of his body upon the cross as upon a rack. Christ says, I will pay my vows, v. 25. He that was our fathers’ God must be ours, and will therefore be ours. This is applicable to our Lord Jesus, over whose incarnation and birth the divine Providence watched with a peculiar care, when he was born in a stable, laid in a manger, and immediately exposed to the malice of Herod, and forced to flee into Egypt. Log In/Sign Up ... New King James Version ... Psalm 22:3 in all English translations. And thou art still the same in thyself and the same to thy people that ever thou wast. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Psalm 22 EXEGESIS: I***ODUCTION: This psalm is a lament––a literary form expressing sorrow over a loss. Now here we are told, (1.) God delivered him into the hands of his enemies; it was by his determinate counsel that he was crucified and slain, and he did not give in sensible comforts. Note, (1.) They look and stare upon me, that is, my bones do, being distorted, and having no flesh to cover them, as Job says Job. The business of Christians, particularly in their solemn religious assemblies, is to praise and glorify God with a holy awe and reverence of his majesty, and therefore those that are here called upon to praise God are called upon to fear him. Encouragement taken, in reference hereunto, v. 3-5. And in the night season, and am not silent. Which may be considered either as … 2. And, though he did not deliver him from death, yet he suffered him not to see corruption, but, the third day, raised him out of the dust of death, which was a greater instance of God’s favour to him than if he had helped him down from the cross; for that would have hindered his undertaking, whereas his resurrection crowned it.In singing this we should meditate on the sufferings and resurrection of Christ till we experience in our own souls the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings. That he should have a church in the world, and that those that were given him from eternity should, in the fulness of time, be gathered in to him. "However it be, yet God is good, and he is mine; though he slay me, yet I trust in him; though he do not answer me immediately, I will continue praying and waiting; though he be silent, I will not be silent.’’2. How his body looked when it was thus stripped: I may tell all my bones, v. 17. This complaint is by no means so bitter as that before of God’s withdrawings; but, as that touches a gracious soul, so this a generous soul, in a very tender part, v. 6-8. Christ has said, Because I live, you shall live also, (Jn. While the Jewish commentary tries to explain the meaning of Psalm 22 as pertaining only to David, the sufferings described clearly exceed what David suffered during his life. It was great condescension that he became man, a step downwards, which is, and will be, the wonder of angels; yet, as if it were too much, too great, to be a man, he becomes a worm, and no man. Font Size. That those who are thus called in should be brought into a very near and dear relation to him as his brethren; for he is not only not ashamed, but greatly well pleased, to call them so; not the believing Jews only, his countrymen, but those of the Gentiles also who became fellow-heirs and of the same body, Heb. To cry out, "My God, why am I sick? 118:2-4 Ps. 22 wI will declare Your name to xMy brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You. Much of it is expressly applied to Christ in the New Testament, all of it may be applied to him, and some of it must be understood of him only. He was Adam—a mean man, and Enosh—a man of sorrows, but lo Ish—not a considerable man: for he took upon him the form of a servant, and his visage was marred more than any man’s, Isa. The generation of the righteous God will graciously own as his treasure, his children. (v. 24): For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted one (that is, of the suffering Redeemer), but has graciously accepted it as a full satisfaction for sin, and a valuable consideration on which to ground the grant of eternal life to all believers. 16:8 ), My leanness, rising up in me, beareth witness to my face. David was sometimes taunted for his confidence in God; but in the sufferings of Christ this was literally and exactly fulfilled. David indeed was often in trouble, and beset with enemies; but many of the particulars here specified are such as were never true of David, and therefore must be appropriated to Christ in the depth of his humiliation.1. Yet God forsook him, was far from helping him, and did not hear him, and it was this that he complained of more than all his sufferings. Commentary, Psalm 22:23-31, Nancy deClaissé-Walford, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012. 12:28 . New King James Version (NKJV), The Suffering, Praise, and Posterity of the Messiah. The clamminess of his mouth, a usual symptom of approaching death: My tongue cleaveth to my jaws; this was fulfilled both in his thirst upon the cross (Jn. His blessed body was lean and emaciated with labour, grief, and fasting, during the whole course of his ministry, which made him look as if he was nearly 50 years old when he was yet but 33, as we find, Jn. [1.] He is here crucified. 2:12 ) and are made his own words: I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. Anyone familiar with the scourging and crucifixion of Jesus Christ can see the obvious parallels, and the writers of the gospel accounts—especially Matthew—bring them out through direct quotations of this psalm. Nor can we keep alive our own souls; we cannot secure our own natural life long, nor can we be the authors of our own spiritual and eternal life. A psalm of David. Psalm 22.17-18. Every man’s particular time begins with this pregnant proof of God’s providence, as time, in general, began with the creation, that pregnant proof of his being. Those that hunger and thirst after righteousness in Christ shall have all they can desire to satisfy them and make them easy, and shall not labour, as they have done, for that which satisfies not. 4:13 ), but now returned in another manner to attack him with his terrors. All that fear the Lord will praise him (v. 23), even every Israelite indeed. Psalm 122 – Coming to the House of the LORD and the City of God. But when he cried unto him, when his blood cried for peace and pardon for us, he heard him. Those that saw him hanging on the cross laughed him to scorn. His wrinkles now witnessed for him that he was far from being what was called, a gluttonous man and a wine-bibber. What they did with his clothes, which they took from him (v. 18): They parted my garments among them, to every soldier a part, and upon my vesture, the seamless coat, do they cast lots. That God would be glorified in the Redeemer and in his undertaking. 53:10 . 1:13 . Christ’s sacrifice being accepted, the saints shall feast upon the sacrifice, as, under the law, upon the peace-offerings, and so partake of the altar: The meek shall eat and be satisfied, eat of the bread of life, feed with an appetite upon the doctrine of Christ’s mediation, which is meat and drink to the soul that knows its own nature and case. 47:7]; Obad. He complains, and mixes comforts with his complaints; he complains (v. 1, v. 2), but comforts himself (v. 3-5), complains again (v. 6-8), but comforts himself again, (v. 9, v. 10). Cross References Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 4. Father, into thy hands I commit that, to be conveyed safely to paradise.’’ The psalmist here calls his soul his darling, his only one (so the word is): "My soul is my only one. "The lament psalm is a powerful model for believers today; life confronts us with issues and happenings that sometimes feel unbearable." See then what is our condition—we are going down to the dust to which we are sentenced and where shortly we must make our bed. "All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to YAHWEH!" 12 (K)Many bulls have surrounded Me;Strong bulls of (L)Bashan have encircled Me.13 (M)They [d]gape at Me with their mouths,Like a raging and roaring lion. II. Psalm 22:1-31. 19:24 . NKJV Psalms 22 The Suffering, Praise, and Posterity of the Messiah To the Chief Musician. 1. Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. 5:7 ) and enabled him to go through with his work. (2.) Being my only one, it ought to be my darling, for the eternal welfare of which I ought to be deeply concerned. Of the humiliation of Christ (v. 1-21), where David, as a type of Christ, complains of the very calamitous condition he was in upon many accounts. That then they should be admitted into communion with God and with the assemblies that serve him; They shall worship before thee, for in every place incense shall be offered to God, Mal. 5:6 ), that the joints of his loins were loosed and his knees smote one against another. They have carried their plot far, and seem to have gained their point, for they have beset me round, v. 12. O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent. Indeed, this psalm is an appropriate lectionary reading for Good Friday because the Gospels cite and allude to it at least five times in the crucifixion account. The certain prospect which Christ had of the joy set before him not only gave him a satisfactory answer to his prayers, but turned his complaints into praises; he saw of the travail of his soul, and was well satisfied, witness that triumphant word wherewith he breathed his last: It is finished. That he himself will go on with his undertaking and complete it. You have brought Me to the dust of death. But others think it denotes only the tune to which the psalm was set. I do not use my soul as my darling, unless I take care to preserve it from every thing that would hurt it and to provide all necessaries for it, and be entirely tender of its welfare.’’ (2.) But, Why has though forsaken me? 19:28 ) and in his silence under his sufferings; for, as a sheep before the shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth, nor objected against any thing done to him. He trod the wine-press alone; for all his disciples forsook him and fled. (3.) Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? That he would help him and make haste to help him, help him to bear up under his troubles, that he might not fail nor be discouraged, that he might neither shrink from his undertaking nor sink under it. Christ is as the swift hind upon the mountains of spices (Cant. His bones were put out of joint that he might put the whole creation into joint again, which sin had put out of joint, and might make our broken bones to rejoice. And, as the first words of the complaint were used by Christ himself upon the cross, so the first words of the triumph are expressly applied to him (Heb. In the birth: He took us also out of the womb, else we had died there, or been stifled in the birth. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Psalm 23 = The Great Shepherd, in Heaven, by Resurrection (Hebrews 13:20). Let every tongue therefore confess that he is Lord.2. The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him 19 Emmanuel,” 20 which means 21 “God with us.” 22 24 When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord 23 told him. 3. Yours that are meek, that are satisfied in Christ, that continue to seek God; what ever becomes of your bodies, your hearts shall live for ever; the graces and comforts you have shall be perfected in everlasting life. Or it may denote the fear that seized him in his agony in the garden, when he began to be sore amazed, the effect of which perhaps was (as sometimes it has been of great fear, Dan. The last thing enemies take from their victim is the clothes. The psalm logically divides into five segments. Psalm 22 = The Good Shepherd on Earth, in Death (John 10:11). Observe what the danger is from which he prays to be delivered, from the sword, the flaming sword of divine wrath, which turns every way. Anyone familiar with the scourging and crucifixion of Jesus Christ can see the obvious parallels, and the writers of the gospel accounts—especially Matthew—bring them out through direct quotations of this psalm. Those very gestures were used by those that reviled him (Mt. Psalm 22 New King James Version (NKJV) The Suffering, Praise, and Posterity of the Messiah ... An integrated digital Bible study library - including complete notes from the Believer's Bible Commentary and the Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible (NIV and NRSV) - is … Let’s attempt a Psalm 22 Summary. 237 - To Fulfill the Law and the Prophets. And, as the first words of the complaint were used by Christ himself upon the cross, so the first words of the triumph are expressly applied to him (, Compiled & Edited by BST & Crosswalk Staff, Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Psalms 22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations. Check out the playlist: Psalms NKJV audio. Verse 1. Psalm 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32. Even their complaint of these burdens is a good sign of spiritual life and spiritual senses exercised. But is must be applied to Christ: for, in the first words of this complaint, he poured out his soul before God when he was upon the cross (Mt. (2.) All rights reserved. At the breast: "Then didst thou make me hope;’’ that is, "thou didst that for me, in providing sustenance for me and protecting me from the dangers to which I was exposed, which encourages me to hope in thee all my days.’’ The blessings of the breasts, as they crown the blessings of the womb, so they are earnests of the blessings of our whole lives; surely he that fed us then will never starve us, Job. Christ’s acknowledgment of them: They shall be accounted to him for a generation; he will be the same to them that he was to those who went before them; his kindness to his friends shall not die with them, but shall be drawn out to their heirs and successors, and instead of the fathers shall be the children, whom all shall acknowledge to be a seed that the Lord hath blessed, Isa. Open to Psalm 22. Care was taken that not one of them should be broken (Jn. Christ by his ministers will declare God’s name to his brethren, as God’s mouth to them, and then by them, as the mouth of the congregation to God, will God’s name be praised. 27:39 ); they wagged their heads, nay, and so far did their malice make them forget themselves that they used the very words (v. 43), He trusted in God; let him deliver him. 23:16 , and see Ps. That there is an everlasting righteousness, which Jesus Christ has brought in. The shame of nakedness was the immediate consequence of sin; and therefore our Lord Jesus was stripped of his clothes, when he was crucified, that he might clothe us with the robe of his righteousness, and that the shame of our nakedness might not appear. Those that turn to God will make conscience of worshipping before him. The complaint renewed of another grievance, and that is the contempt and reproach of men. 2:2 . Psalm 22 is the 22nd psalm of the Book of Psalms, generally known in English by its first verse, in the King James Version, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" [2.] (2.) See Eph. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. 23 yYou who fear the Lord, praise Him! That it should reach far (v. 27, v. 28), that, whereas the Jews had long been the only professing people of God, now all the ends of the world should come into the church, and, the partition-wall being taken down, the Gentiles should be taken in. Having engaged to bring many sons to glory, he will perform his engagement to the utmost, and will lose none.III. Note, (1.) He that has delivered doth and will deliver. Handed down. There are a number of laments in Hebrew scripture, to include several psalms of lament as well as the book of Lamentations. 17:4 ), particularly in his sufferings, which he entered upon with this solemn request, Father, glorify thy name, Jn. Commentary, Psalm 22, Jerome Creach, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012. Of the exaltation of Christ, that his undertaking should be for the glory of God (v. 22-25), for the salvation and joy of his people (v. 26-29), and for the perpetuating of his own kingdom (v. 30, v. 31). (1.) And, as thou art infinitely pure and upright thyself, so thou delightest in the services of thy upright people: Thou inhabitest the praises of Israel; thou art pleased to manifest thy glory, and grace, and special presence with thy people, in the sanctuary, where they attend thee with their praises. It is one of the four Songs of Ascents that is specifically attributed to King David. (5.) He is here deserted by his friends: Trouble and distress are near, and there is none to help, none to uphold, v. 11. Spiritual desertions are the saints’ sorest afflictions; when their evidences are clouded, divine consolations suspended, their communion with God interrupted, and the terrors of God set in array against them, how sad are their spirits, and how sapless all their comforts! The Spirit of Christ, which was in the prophets, testifies in this psalm, as clearly and fully as any where in all the Old Testament, "the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow’’ (1 Pt. The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. And if, as soon as we became capable of exercising reason, we put our confidence in God and committed ourselves and our way to him, we need not doubt but he will always remember the kindness of our youth and the love of our espousals, Jer. Observe what the jewel is which he is in care for, "The safety of my soul, my darling; let that be redeemed from the power of the grave, Ps. 5:19 ); he giveth goodly words like Naphtali, who is compared to a hind let loose, Gen. 49:21 . 37:12-15). 12:27, Jn. 2. Psalm 22:1-31. Psalm 122 carries the title A Song of Ascents. Upgrade to Bible Gateway Plus, and access the best Bible commentaries and many other resources! He foresees with pleasure, 1. That they should be converted: They shall remember, and turn to the Lord. 8:14 ), as the loving hind and the pleasant roe, to all believers (Prov. The failing of his natural force: My strength is dried up; so that he became parched and brittle like a potsherd, the radical moisture being wasted by the fire of divine wrath preying upon his spirits. David and other good men have often, for direction to us, encouraged themselves with this, that God was not only the God of their fathers, as before (v. 4), but the God of their infancy, who began by times to take care of them, as soon as they had a being, and therefore, they hope, will never cast them off. Biblical laments typically include (1) a … Salem Media Group. There was an assembly of the wicked plotting against him (v. 16); for the chief priests sat in council, to consult of ways and means to take Christ. Verses 1-10 Some think they find Christ in the title of this psalm, upon Aijeleth Shahar —The hind of the morning. 9:4 , Heb. That the church of Christ, and with it the kingdom of God among men, should continue to the end, through all the ages of time. Those have reason to think themselves safe who were so soon, so solemnly, gathered under the wings of the divine majesty. In this psalm he speaks, I. Here is Christ praying, and with that supporting himself under the burden of his sufferings. And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel! 27 All the ends of the worldShall remember and turn to the Lord,And all the families of the [i]nationsShall worship before [j]You.28 (AC)For the kingdom is the Lord’s,And He rules over the nations. Now, as Christ shall have honour from that which is passing away and leaving the world (v. 29, those that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and it is good to die bowing before Christ; blessed are the dead who thus die in the Lord ), so he shall have honour from that which is rising up, and setting out, in the world, v. 30. Consider these enriching treasures of truth. 16 For dogs have surrounded Me;The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. To the Chief Musician. The entail of the covenant is designed for the support of the seed of the faithful. All rights reserved. These enemies were numerous and unanimous: "Many, and those of different and clashing interests among themselves, as Herod and Pilate, have agreed to compass me. Note, God will have a church in the world to the end of time; and, in order to that, there shall be a succession of professing Christians and gospel ministers from generation to generation. Proud member When we are lamenting God’s withdrawings, yet still we must call him our God, and continue to call upon him as ours. ; MT, Upgrade to Bible Gateway Plus, and access the, Matt. God’s anger was the wormwood and the gall in the bitter cup that was put into his hands. Or "the standers by, the passers by, are amazed to see my bones start out thus; and, instead of pitying me, are pleased even with such a rueful spectacle.’’ (2.) The word signifies such a worm as was used in dyeing scarlet or purple, whence some make it an allusion to his bloody sufferings. is the language of a heart binding up its happiness in God’s favour. (2.) He will take comfort from the experiences which the saints in former ages had of the benefit of faith and prayer (v. 4, v. 5): "Our fathers trusted in thee, cried unto thee, and thou didst deliver them; therefore thou wilt, in due time, deliver me, for never any that hoped in thee were made ashamed of their hope, never any that sought thee sought thee in vain. And good reason there is why all the kindreds of nations should do homage to God, for (v. 28) the kingdom is the Lord’s; his, and his only, is the universal monarchy. Those that are fat upon the earth, that live in pomp and power, shall eat and worship; even those that fare deliciously, when they have eaten and are full, shall bless the Lord their God for their plenty and prosperity. (6.) Christ died to bring us to God, the God that made us, from whom we had revolted, and to reduce us to our native allegiance. 21; [Zech. Our Lord Jesus, in his sufferings, had an eye to the holiness of God, to preserve and advance the honour of that, and of his grace in inhabiting the praises of Israel notwithstanding the iniquities of their holy things. So with some Heb. The Spirit of Christ, which was in the prophets, testifies in this psalm, as clearly and fully as any where in all the Old Testament, "the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow’’ (, Some think they find Christ in the title of this psalm, upon. And for this end ministers should be employed to publish this doctrine to the world, and they should be much his messengers and his voice that their doing it should be accounted his doing it; their word is his, and by them he declares God’s name. Our Lord Jesus, having undertaken to satisfy for the dishonour we had done to God by our sins, did it by submitting to the lowest possible instance of ignominy and disgrace.IV. It is God’s honour to help when all other helps and succours fail.2. 1–21). Thus it was written, and therefore thus it behoved Christ to suffer. 49:15 . New King James Version (NKJV) He is the hind of the morning, marked out by the counsels of God from eternity, to be run down by those dogs that compassed him, v. 16. Log In/Sign Up ... New King James Version (NKJV) Bible Book List. He took his wife, 25 but did not have marital relations 24 with her until she gave birth to … It is therefore our great interest, as well as duty, to bow before the Lord Jesus, to give up ourselves to him to be his subjects and worshippers; for this is the only way, and it is a sure way, to secure our happiness when we go down to the dust. So far were they from pitying him, or concerning themselves for him, that they added to his afflictions, with all the gestures and expressions of insolence upbraiding him with his fall. 22:20 "from the sword" It is difficult to know exactly what problems/distresses/enemies the psalmist is facing. For all the saints. 118:23 ) and no contrivance of ours. Psalm 23. And of that David’s praying here was a type. Set to 'The Deer of the Dawn.' He offered up strong crying and tears to him that was able to save him, and with some fear too, Heb. Those that are much in praying shall be much in thanksgiving: Those shall praise the Lord that seek him, because through Christ they are sure of finding him, in the hopes of which they have reason to praise him even while they are seeking him, and the more earnest they are in seeking him the more will their hearts be enlarged in his praises when they have found him. 3:21 . New King James Version Update. Men reproached him, and discouraged his confidence in God; but God had honoured him and encouraged his confidence in him. There is no one passage in all the Old Testament which the Jews have so industriously corrupted as this, because it is such an eminent prediction of the death of Christ and was so exactly fulfilled.4. "But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel." The very manner of his death is described, though never in use among the Jews: They pierced my hands and my feet (v. 16), which were nailed to the accursed tree, and the whole body left so to hang, the effect of which must needs be the most exquisite pain and torture. Psalms 22:1 [To the chief Musician H5329 upon Aijeleth H365 Shahar, H7837 A Psalm H4210 of David.] Christ, in his agony, prayed earnestly, prayed that the cup might pass from him. When Job speaks of his inward trouble he says, The Almighty makes my heart soft, Job. Psa 22:28 For the kingdom is the L ORD ’s, And He rules over the nations. 22 w I will declare Your name to x My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You. He was despised of the people as a mean contemptible man, not worth taking notice of, his country in no repute, his relations poor mechanics, his followers none of the rulers, or the Pharisees, but the mob. 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