Psalm 22:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 22:1-31

From darkness to light; or, the song of the early dawn. This is one of the most wonderful of all the psalms. It has gathered round it the study of expositors of most diverse types—from those who see in it scarcely aught but a description beforehand of the Messiah's suffering and glory, to those who see in it scarcely any Messianic reference at all, and who acknowledge only one sense in which even the term "Messianic" is to be tolerated, even in the fact that light gleams forth after the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 22:1-31

A struggle from the gloom of adversity to peace and joy. It was said among the heathen that a just man struggling with adversity was a sight worthy of the gods. Such a sight we have here. We see a truly just man struggling from the gloomiest depths of adversity upwards to the serene heights of peace and joy in God. Three stages may be marked. I. THE WAIL OF DESERTION . ( Psalms 22:1-10 .) Suffering is no "strange thing." It comes sooner or later to all. Always, and especially... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 22:2

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not ; rather, thou answerest not; i.e. thou dost not interpose to deliver me. And in the night season, and am not silent . 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 22:1

Psalms 22:1. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? In these words Christ, when hanging on the cross, complained, that he was deprived, for a time, of the loving presence and comforting influence of his heavenly Father: and St. Matthew and St. Mark give us the very expressions which he used, Eli, Eli; or, as St. Mark has it, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani. It is perhaps worthy of notice here, that sabachthani is not a Hebrew word; the Hebrew word being עזבתני , gnazabtani; and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 22:2

Psalms 22:2 . I cry in the day-time, &c. I continue praying night and day without intermission; but thou hearest not St. Paul says, Hebrews 5:7, that Christ was heard in that he feared. Christ therefore here says that his Father heard him not, only to intimate that he did not exempt him from suffering the death of the cross, for which the Father, who heard him always, had wise reasons, taken from the end for which his Son became incarnate, John 12:27. And am not silent Hebrew, ... 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 22:1

Title. A Psalm. See App-65 . of David = relating to or concerning David's Son and David ' s Lord (Matthew 22:41-45 ). "The root and the offspring of David" (Revelation 22:16 ). David "being a prophet and knowing . . . spake of". These three Psalms (Psalms 22:0 , Psalms 23:0 , Psalms 24:0 ) relate to the sufferings and the glory of "the Man Christ Jesus." Psalms 22:0 = The Good Shepherd on Earth, in Death (John 10:11 ). Psalms 23:0 = The Great Shepherd, in Heaven, by Resurrection (Hebrews... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 22:2

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . hearest not = answerest not. read more

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