Psalm 22

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 22:31

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this . One generation after another shall come, and shall report God's righteousness, as shown forth in Christ, each to its successor—a people yet to be born—telling them that God "has done this;" i.e. effected all that is here sketched out, and so accomplished the work of redemption. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22

I. “The author of the psalm.” This psalm is said to have been composed by David: “A Psalm of David;” compare the notes at the title of Psalms 3:1-8. It cannot be absolutely demonstrated that these titles to the psalms are all of them correct, as it cannot be supposed that they were affixed to them by the authors of the psalms themselves; and it is not absolutely known by whom they were prefixed. Of course there is no certain evidence that they were attached to the psalms by an inspired writer.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:1

My God, my God - These are the very words uttered by the Saviour when on the cross Matthew 27:46; and he evidently used them as best adapted of all the words that could have been chosen to express the extremity of his sorrow. The fact that he employed them may be referred to as “some” evidence that the psalm was designed to refer to him; though it must be admitted that this circumstance is no conclusive proof of such a design, since he might have used words having originally another reference,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:2

O my God, I cry in the daytime - This, in connection with what is said at the close of the verse, “and in the night-season,” means that his cry was incessant or constant. See the notes at Psalms 1:2. The whole expression denotes that his prayer or cry was continuous, but that it was not heard. As applicable to the Redeemer it refers not merely to the moment when he uttered the cry as stated in Psalms 22:1, but to the continuous sufferings which he endured as if forsaken by God and men. His life... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:3

But thou art holy - Thou art righteous and blameless. This indicates that the sufferer had still unwavering confidence in God. Though his prayer seemed not to be heard, and though he was not delivered, he was not disposed to blame God. He believed that God was righteous, though he received no answer; he doubted not that there was some sufficient reason why he was not answered. This is applicable, not only to the Redeemer, in whom it was most fully illustrated, but also to the people of God... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:4

Our fathers trusted in thee - This is a plea of the sufferer as drawn from the character which God had manifested in former times. The argument is, that he had interposed in those times when his people in trouble had called upon him; and he now pleads with God that he would manifest himself to him in the same way. The argument derives additional force also from the idea that he who now pleads was descended from them, or was of the same nation and people, and that he might call them his... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:5

They cried unto thee - They offered earnest prayer and supplication.And were delivered - From dangers and trials.They trusted in thee, and were not confounded - They were not disappointed. Literally, “they were not ashamed.” That is, they had not the confusion which those have who are disappointed. The idea in the word is, that when men put their trust in anything and are disappointed, they are conscious of a species of “shame” as if they had been foolish in relying on that which proved to be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:6

But I am a worm, and no man - In contrast with the fathers who trusted in thee. They prayed, and were heard; they confided in God, and were treated as men. I am left and forsaken, as if I were not worth regarding; as if I were a grovelling worm beneath the notice of the great God. In other words, I am treated as if I were the most insignificant, the most despicable, of all objects - alike unworthy the attention of God or man. By the one my prayers are unheard; by the other I am cast out and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:7

All they that see me laugh me to scorn - They deride or mock me. On the word used here - לעג lâ‛ag - see the notes at Psalms 2:4. The meaning here is to mock, to deride, to treat with scorn. The idea of laughing is not properly in the word, nor would that necessarily occur in the treatment here referred to. How completely this was fulfilled in the case of the Saviour, it is not necessary to say. Compare Matthew 27:39, “And they that passed by, reviled him.” There is no evidence that this... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:8

He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him - Margin, “He rolled himself on the Lord.” The margin expresses the true sense of the Hebrew word. The idea is that of being under the pressure of a heavy burden, and of rolling it off, or casting it on another. Hence, the word is often used in the sense of committing to another; entrusting anything to another; confiding in another. Psalms 37:5, “commit thy way unto the Lord;” Margin, as in Hebrew: “Roll thy way upon the Lord.” Proverbs 16:3,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 22:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:8

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