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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 22:11-21

Prayer in suffering. The persecuted exile continues to speak of his sufferings, but seems to rise up out of the despair of the first verse into the faith implied in prayer. Much of the suffering here described, if not productive, was at least typical , of the suffering of Christ. An argument is still going on in the sufferer's mind as to whether God had finally forsaken him or not. He has been trying in the first ten verses to argue down the feeling, but has not yet succeeded; and now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 22:21

Save me from the lion's mouth (comp. Psalms 22:13 ). Either the chief persecutors, viewed as a class, or Satan, their instigator, would seem to be intended. For thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns; rather, even from the horns of the win oxen hast thou heard me. The conviction suddenly comes to the Sufferer that he is heard. Still, the adversaries are round about him—the "dogs," the "lions," and the "strong bulls of Bashan," now showing as ferocious wild cattle, menacing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 22:22

I will declare thy Name unto my brethren . The thought of the brethren is uppermost. As, when the body was removed, loving messages were at once sent to the disciples ( Matthew 28:10 ; John 20:17 ), so, with the soul of the Redeemer in the intermediate state, the "brethren" are the first care. God's Name, and all that he has done—the acceptance of the sacrifice, the effectuation of man's salvation—shall be made known to them (see Hebrews 2:9-12 ). In the midst of the congregation will... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 22:22-31

Consequences of deliverance. In this last part the sufferer depicts the happy consequences of his deliverance, which he anticipates in faith, and, lifted up in spirit above the present, beholds, as if it were already present. I. THE PSALMIST 'S DELIVERANCE SHALL BE A CAUSE OF REJOICING TO ALL ISRAEL . ( Psalms 22:22-26 .) 1 . He will inspire the whole congregation with the tidings. We cannot and ought not to keep to ourselves the great fact of our... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:21

Save me from the lion’s mouth - His enemies represented as fierce and ravening lions, compare Psalms 22:13,For thou hast heard me - The word “heard” in this place is equivalent to “saved” - or saved in answer to prayer. The fact of “hearing” the prayer, and answering it, is regarded as so identical, or the one as so certainly following from the other, that they may be spoken of as the same thing.From the horns of the unicorns - The idea here is, that he cried to God when exposed to what is here... read more

Albert Barnes

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

I will declare thy name - I will make thee known; that is, thine existence; thy perfections; thy law; thy method of salvation. As the result or effect of the interposition which he desired, and for which he prayed, he says that he would diffuse a knowledge of God. This is an expression of true piety, and is a statement of what in a pure mind will always be consequent on a gracious divine interposition - a purpose to make the character of the benefactor known. Compare Psalms 51:12-13; Psalms... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 22:17-21

Psalms 22:17-21. I may tell all my bones Theodoret observes, that when Christ was extended, and his limbs distorted, on the cross, it might be easy for a spectator literally to tell all his bones. They Namely, my enemies; look and stare at me With delight and complacency, at my calamities, and I am a spectacle to earth and heaven. They part my garments among them This also cannot be applied to David, without a strained and unprecedented metaphor, but was literally fulfilled in Christ,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 22:22

Psalms 22:22. I will declare thy name “Nothing is more common in the Psalms than these sudden transitions, and nothing more beautiful. Our Saviour here passes from the mournful view of death to the comfortable prospect of his resurrection. He intimates that, after God shall have delivered him from the power of death, by a glorious resurrection, he would more fully publish his gospel, by which the adorable perfections of God, and especially his wisdom and mercy, would be more eminently... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:1-31

Psalms 22:0 Suffering and salvationAt the time of the writing of this psalm, David had reached what he thought was the farthest extreme of suffering. He was almost at the point of despair. Christians know that they are required to share the sufferings of Christ (Colossians 1:24), but David was probably unaware that, in the experiences recorded here, he was also having a share in those sufferings. His experiences were a foretaste of the greater sufferings that the messianic king Jesus would one... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 22:21

lion's. See note on "They pierced" (Psalms 22:16 ). For = Yea. heard me = answered me. Compare Psalms 22:2 . Supply Ellipsis, "[and delivered me]". from the horns, &c. This clause may be joined on to the end of the preceding line. "Thou hast heard me "may be read on to Psalms 22:22 , "I will declare". unicorns = the bulls of Psalms 22:12 . Note here the Parenthesis of the present Dispensation: for which see App-72 . read more

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