or who knows the power of it? That it should include many of different ranks, v. 29. Christ says, I will pay my vows, v. 25. Let all this confirm our faith in him as the true Messiah, and excite our love to him as the best of friends, who loved us, and suffered all this for us. 65:23 . 2. It is God’s honour to help when all other helps and succours fail.2. 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. In these verses we have,I. But, "Why hast thou forsaken me?" That God would be with him, and not set himself at a distance from him: Be not thou far from me (v. 11), and again, v. 19. Psalm 22 Commentary Christian commentary on Psalm 22 differs from the Jewish commentary. 19:24 . This, as it is the matter of our rejoicing, ought to be the matter of our thanksgiving. 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. 22:21,22-24). (11-21) Praises for mercies and redemption. The prodigal came first to himself, and then to his father. "Whoever stands aloof from my sore, Lord, do not thou.’’ The nearness of trouble should quicken us to draw near to God and then we may hope that he will draw near to us. is the language of a heart binding up its happiness in God’s favour. 5:19 ); he giveth goodly words like Naphtali, who is compared to a hind let loose, Gen. 49:21 . Why are You so far from … Therefore Christ is said to praise God in the church, not only because he is the Master of the assemblies in which God is praised, and the Mediator of all the praises that are offered up to God, but because he is the matter of the church’s praise. The complaint renewed of another grievance, and that is the contempt and reproach of men. When we are lamenting God’s withdrawings, yet still we must call him our God, and continue to call upon him as ours. Audio Commentary: Psalm 22 Psalm 22 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Let those who go about to establish their own righteousness inquire, why the beloved Son of God should thus suffer, if their own doings could atone for sin? If this was done in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry? Seeing we cannot keep alive our own souls, it is our wisdom, by an obedient faith, to commit our souls to Jesus Christ, who is able to save them and keep them alive for ever.V. (2.) All our praises must centre in the work of redemption and a great deal of reason we have to be thankful, (1.) Though God did not hear him, did not help him, yet, 1. Psalms 22, Adam Clarke Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is one of the most respected interdenominational commentaries ever written. 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?" 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 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. 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. All Rights Reserved. The poor in spirit shall be rich in blessings, spiritual blessings; the hungry shall be filled with good things. Every lesson may here be learned that can profit the humbled soul. 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. It is here prophesied, (1.) Psalm 22 begins with the most anguished cry in human history: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” These are the words that Jesus took on His lips at the depth of His suffering on the cross. 1:13 . At a basic structural level, the psalm juxtaposes a lament (verses 1-21, framed by “you do not answer” in verse 2 and “you have answered me” [NRSV “rescued,” but see the margin] in verse 21) and a thanksgiving (verses 22-31, framed by “I will tell” in verse 22 and “proclaim” in verse 31). 39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40 and saying, “… save yourself! $3.99 a month puts a library of commentaries, study notes, and Greek & Hebrew language tools right in your pocket. High and low, rich and poor, bond and free, meet in Christ. 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. Though it was offered for us poor sinners, he did not despise nor abhor him that offered it for our sakes; nor did he turn his face from him that offered it, as Saul was angry with his own son because he interceded for David, whom he looked upon as his enemy. 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. 4. Christ, in his sufferings, cried earnestly to his Father for his favour and presence with him. He that has delivered, doth deliver, and will do so. Our Lord Jesus was stripped, when he was crucified, that he might clothe us with the robe of his righteousness. 3. A sad complaint of God’s withdrawings, v. 1, v. 2.1. 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. 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. 52:14 . Note, (1.) John Stevenson. 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. Though it was offered for sinful men, the Father did not despise or abhor it for our sakes. There are a number of laments in Hebrew scripture, to include several psalms of lament as well as the book of Lamentations. Why am I poor?’’ would give cause to suspect discontent and worldliness. 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. 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. 4. The life of the sinner was forfeited, and the life of the Sacrifice must be the ransom for it. In these verses we have Christ suffering and Christ praying, by which we are directed to look for crosses and to look up to God under them.I. Christ is as the swift hind upon the mountains of spices (Cant. 19:36 ), but they were all out of joint by the violent stretching of his body upon the cross as upon a rack. Redemption by Christ is the Lord's own doing. Observe, 1. Those that hunger and thirst after righteousness in Christ, shall not labour for that which satisfies not. They have carried their plot far, and seem to have gained their point, for they have beset me round, v. 12. A psalm of David. Encouragement taken as to this also (v. 9, v. 10): Men despise me, but thou art he that took me out of the womb. Let the careless take warning to flee from the wrath to come, and the trembling rest their hopes upon this merciful Redeemer. (2.) Psalm 22#In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.For the director of music. All humble, gracious souls should have a full satisfaction and happiness in him. In the experience we have had of God’s goodness to us all along ever since, drawn out in a constant uninterrupted series of preservations and supplies: Thou art my God, providing me and watching over me for good, from my mother’s belly, that is, from my coming into the world unto this day. 1. Note, (1.) He prays to be delivered from the Divine wrath. The dissolution of the whole frame of his body: I am poured out like water, weak as water, and yielding to the power of death, emptying himself of all the supports of his human nature. But when he cried unto him, when his blood cried for peace and pardon for us, he heard him. That there is an everlasting righteousness, which Jesus Christ has brought in. 1:11 ); of him, no doubt, David here speaks, and not of himself, or any other man. He calls God his strength, v. 19. Psalms 22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. And from the loftiness of the proud, exalting themselves to special pre-eminence, and enduring no partakers, save My humility. He prays, 1. 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. (2.) 49:15 . Here is Christ suffering. This righteousness of his, and not any of our own, they shall declare to be the foundation of all our hopes and the fountain of all our joys. The suffering of the Redeemer was graciously accepted as a full satisfaction for sin. And of that David’s praying here was a type. Psalm 22: 1000 BC (Matthew 27:31-48) ..Then they led him (Jesus) away to crucify him…. 61:9 Isa. Complaints of discouragement. Mankind is kept up in a succession of generations; so that there is always a generation passing away and a generation coming up. 1:11 ; Isa. 11:28 . 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. 22:1-10 The Spirit of Christ, which was in the prophets, testifies in this psalm, clearly and fully, the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. He will think well of God: "But thou art holy, not unjust, untrue, nor unkind, in any of thy dispensations. All that fear the Lord will praise him (v. 23), even every Israelite indeed. 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. … In our early dedication to him: I was cast upon thee from the womb, which perhaps refers to his circumcision on the eighth day; he was then by his parents committed and given up to God as his God in covenant; for circumcision was a seal of the covenant; and this encouraged him to trust in God. 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. Christ declared the holiness of God, his heavenly Father, in his sharpest sufferings; nay, declared them to be a proof of it, for which he would be continually praised by his Israel, more than for all other deliverances they received. 53:10 . 118:23 ) and no contrivance of ours. They pierced his hands and his feet, which were nailed to the accursed tree, and his whole body was left so to hang as to suffer the most severe pain and torture. 72:12 ) and whose protection does, in a special manner, draw their allegiance. 10 For you drew me forth from the womb, made me safe at my mother’s breasts. The kingdom of nature is the Lord Jehovah’s, and his providence rules among the nations, and upon that account we are bound to worship him; so that the design of the Christian religion is to revive natural religion and its principles and laws. In the first words of this complaint, he poured out his soul before God when he was upon the cross, Matthew 27:46. And therefore Christ, having an eye to that sentence in his obedience to death, here uses a similar expression: Thou hast brought me to the dust of death. [1.] All our praises must refer to the work of redemption. He is here deserted by his friends: The same that began the psalm complaining, who was no other than Christ in his humiliation, ends it here triumphing, and it can be no other than Christ in his exaltation. The sentence of death passed upon Adam was thus expressed: Unto dust thou shalt return. He complains, and mixes prayers with his complaints; he complains of the power and rage of his enemies (v. 12, v. 13, v. 16, v. 18), of his own bodily weakness and decay (v. 14, v. 15, v. 17); but prays that God would not be far from him (v. 11, v. 19), that he would save and deliver him (v. 19-21). The glory of God in the salvation of his church. 1:10‑11). And the Father heard him in that he feared (Heb. 11:52 , Eph. 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. 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. We must consider and turn. That the church of Christ, and with it the kingdom of God among men, should extend itself to all the corners of the earth and should take in all sorts of people.1. [2.] 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. The entail of the covenant is designed for the support of the seed of the faithful. 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). Those who have thought their prayers slighted and unheard, if they continue to pray and wait, will find they have not sought in vain. Log In/Sign Up New International Version (NIV) ... Psalm 22:22. Save Me from the lion's mouth: save Me from the mouth of the kingdom of this world: and my humility from the horns of the unicorns Psalm 21:21. My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Thus it was written, therefore thus it behoved Christ to suffer. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. © 2021 Christianity.com. That by the declaring of God’s name, by the preaching of the everlasting gospel in its plainness and purity, many should be effectually called to him and to God by him. 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. Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. He is here deserted by his friends: Trouble and distress are near, and there is none to help, none to uphold, v. 11. 1:16, 17. In these verses we have Christ suffering, and Christ praying; by which we are directed to look for crosses, and to look up to God under them. His giving up the ghost: "Thou hast brought me to the dust of death; I am just ready to drop into the grave;’’ for nothing less would satisfy divine justice. That he himself will go on with his undertaking and complete it. 113:7 ), that can scarcely keep life and soul together, shall bow before him, before the Lord Jesus, who reckons it his honour to be the poor man’s King (Ps. Verses 11-21 In these verses we have Christ suffering and Christ praying, by which we are directed to look for crosses and to look up to God under them.I. The providences of God concerning David were so very extraordinary that we may suppose there were some wise and good men who then could not but look upon him as a figure of him that was to come. 5:7 ) and enabled him to go through with his work. 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. 50:7 .III. 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. 53:10 . To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David. He was stripped. of High and low, rich and poor, bond and free, meet in Christ. Those that are much in praying, will be much in thanksgiving. 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. Here is Christ suffering. 2:2 . 3:14 ), and to them might pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenant, and the service of God, as much as ever they did to Israel according to the flesh, Rom. That God should be greatly honoured and glorified in him by that church. 17:4 ), particularly in his sufferings, which he entered upon with this solemn request, Father, glorify thy name, Jn. Christ in his agony prayed, prayed earnestly, prayed that the cup might pass from him. Encouragement taken, in reference hereunto, v. 3-5. "But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel." 2. 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. But, Christ having made himself sin for us, in conformity thereunto the Father laid him under the present impressions of his wrath and displeasure against sin. (2.) A seed shall serve him; there shall be a remnant, more or less, to whom shall pertain the service of God and to whom God will give grace to serve him,—perhaps not the seed of the same persons, for grace does not run in a blood (he does not say their seed, but a seed),—perhaps but few, yet enough to preserve the entail. (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. See Eph. If he had not made himself a worm, he could not have been trampled upon as he was. 26 The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; We have a sorrowful complaint of God's withdrawings. He offered up strong crying and tears to him that was able to save him, and with some fear too, Heb. Let’s attempt a Psalm 22 Summary. 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. But the composition of his psalms especially, in which he found himself wonderfully carried out by the spirit of prophecy far beyond his own thought and intention, was (we may suppose) an abundant satisfaction to himself that he was not only a father of the Messiah, but a figure of him. 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. Let the tempted and distressed believer cheerfully expect a happy end of every trial. Now here we are told, (1.) 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. He that has delivered doth and will deliver. 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. 9:4 , Heb. 2. Psalm 22 has been a favorite of mine for many years, the reason being because of its wonderful messianic thrust. 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. 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. 23. (1.) 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. All rights reserved. I have but one soul to take care of, and therefore the greater is my shame if I neglect it and the greater will the loss be if I let it perish. This may be applied to David, or any other child of God, in the want of the tokens of his favour, pressed with the burden of his displeasure, roaring under it, as one overwhelmed with grief and terror, crying earnestly for relief, and, in this case, apprehending himself forsaken of God, unhelped, unheard, yet calling him, again and again, "My God,’’ and continuing to cry day and night to him and earnestly desiring his gracious returns. 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. 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. 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. 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. 1:10 ), and that they should also be incorporated into smaller societies, members of that great body, many religious assemblies for divine worship, on which the face of Christianity should appear and in which the interests of it should be supported and advanced. 3:21 . Who then can stand before God’s anger? Let every tongue therefore confess that he is Lord.2. 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. (1-10) With prayer for deliverance. 8:14 ), as the loving hind and the pleasant roe, to all believers (Prov. New International Version Update. 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. Or who knows the power of it? He is here crucified. To the chief musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A psalm of David. To cry our, My God, why am I sick? In Latin, it is known as "Deus, Deus meus". Title of the psalm. 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. Those very gestures were used by those that reviled him (Mt. 5:7 . He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. (4.) Let that encourage us to hope that we shall be delivered from the lion’s mouth, that we be not torn. But others think it denotes only the tune to which the psalm was set. 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. He is here insulted and surrounded by his enemies, such as were of a higher rank, who for their strength and fury, are compared to bulls, strong bulls of Bashan (v. 12), fat and fed to the full, haughty and sour; such were the chief priests and elders that persecuted Christ; and others of a lower rank, who are compared to dogs (v. 16), filthy and greedy, and unwearied in running him down. That he would deliver him and save him, v. 20, v. 21. Let the ungodly professor consider whether the Saviour thus honoured the Divine law, to purchase him the privilege of despising it. Psalm 22 - For the director of music. 12:27, Jn. 118:2-4 Ps. Spiritual desertions are the saints' sorest afflictions; but even their complaint of these burdens is a sign of spiritual life, and spiritual senses exercised. 2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 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. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 8:57 . 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. 4:13 ), but now returned in another manner to attack him with his terrors. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David. When he was a child God loved him and called him thence (Hos. The Saviour now speaks as risen from the dead. Five things are here spoken of, the view of which were the satisfaction and triumph of Christ in his sufferings:—I. And thou art still the same in thyself and the same to thy people that ever thou wast. 3:12 . 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. 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. Of the exaltation of Christ, ver. Our adult Sunday School class started considering the book of Psalms in January of 2015. Salem Media Group. ~ David Praises God. The Book of Psalms is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. David was sometimes taunted for his confidence in God; but in the sufferings of Christ this was literally and exactly fulfilled. They look and stare upon me, that is, my bones do, being distorted, and having no flesh to cover them, as Job says Job. 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