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Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 22:1-15

the Cry of the Forsaken Psalms 22:1-15 The Hebrew inscription of this exquisite ode is, “The hind of the morning.” The hind is the emblem of loveliness; see Song of Solomon 2:7 ; Song of Solomon 2:9 . The cruel persecutors are designated as bulls, lions, and dogs. Perhaps the allusion to the morning refers to the daybreak of resurrection-hope. Of course our blessed Lord is in every syllable. Indeed, the psalm reads more as history than as prophecy. The divine Sufferer seems to have recited... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 22:1-31

Whatever may have been the local conditions creating this psalm, it has become so perfectly and properly associated with the one Son of God that it is almost impossible to read it in any other way. This and the two following psalms constitute a triptych of tablets on which are written the story of the Christ in His work as Saviour, Shepherd, and Sovereign. As to this first, seeing that in the supreme mystery of the Passion Jesus quoted the first words, we are justified in reading it in the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 22:1-31

Psalms 22 Proper Psalm for Good Friday ( Morning). Psalms 22, 23 = Day 4 ( Evening). read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 22:11-21

The Sufferer’s Prayer For Deliverance And Provides A Description of His Predicament (Psalms 22:11-21 ). That we are to see some of these descriptions as figurative comes out in Psalms 22:21 where the psalmist sums all up by describing it as being saved from the lion’s mouth and from the horns of the wild ox. He has a vivid imagination and knows much about the hunt and about the behaviour of wild beasts, and how they are treated in the hunt. Psalms 22:11 ‘Do not be far from me, for trouble is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 22:12

‘Many bulls have surrounded me, strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. They gape at Me with their mouth, like a ravening and a roaring lion.’ He knew what had brought Him there. During His last days He had been crowded in as though by a herd of bulls which had threatened and surrounded Him, as the Chief Priests and Scribes had hemmed Him in. And now there they were, gaping at Him with their mouths, and as they stood there at the cross, they were surrounding Him on every side, as though... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 22:1-31

XXII. This Ps. (p. 372) consists of two parts. In Psalms 22:1-Ecclesiastes : a godly man in deep and manifold distress complains that the God of his fathers, the God who has been with him from the beginning, has deserted him (see p. 372). Psalms 22:22-Obadiah : is a liturgical addition: it expresses the pious Israelite’ s gratitude for Israel’ s glory, which is to be acknowledged even by the heathen. No attempt is made to bridge the gulf between the despair of Psalms 22:1-Ecclesiastes : and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 22:12

Bulls; wicked, and violent, and potent enemies; for such are so called, Ezekiel 39:18; Amos 4:1. Strong bulls of Bashan, i.e. fat and lusty, as the cattle there bred were, Deuteronomy 3:13; Deuteronomy 32:14, and therefore fierce and furious. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 22:1-31

INTRODUCTION“The subject of this psalm is the deliverance of a righteous sufferer from his enemies, and the effect of this deliverance on others. It is so framed as to be applied without violence to any case belonging to the class described, yet so that it was fully verified only in Christ, the Head and Representative of the class in question. The immediate speaker in the psalm is an ideal person, the righteous servant of Jehovah, but his words may, to a certain extent, be appropriated by any... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 22:11-21

DISCOURSE: 527THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRISTPsalms 22:11-21. Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help. Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all mg bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd: and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws: and thou hast brought me into... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:1-31

Psalms 22:1-31 Psalms 22:1-31 is one of those prophetic psalms which stands out probably among all of the Messianic psalms. This psalm is again a psalm of David, and it is a very graphic description of death by crucifixion. Now, at the time that David wrote this, stoning was the method of capital punishment. Actually, it was almost 1000 years later that crucifixion was introduced by the Romans as a form of capital punishment. So that David would describe death by crucifixion is sort of a... read more

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