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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 22:22-31

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. And, as the first words of the complaint were used by Christ himself upon the cross, so the first words of the triumph are expressly applied to him (Heb. 2:12) and are made his own words: I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. The certain prospect which Christ had of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:22

I will declare thy name unto my brethren ,.... Not those who were more nearly related to him according to the flesh; for though there were some who believed in him, and to whom he declared the name of God, as James and Joses, and Judas and Simon, Matthew 13:55 ; yet there were others that did not believe on him, John 7:3 ; nor those more remotely related to him, as all the Jews, who were his brethren and kinsmen also according to the flesh; to these indeed he came and preached, but they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:23

Ye that fear the Lord, praise him ,.... By whom are meant, not the proselytes among the Gentiles, as distinct from the Jews, which is the sense of some Jewish interpreters F14 Midrash Tillim, Jarchi & Aben Ezra, in loc. ; but all the people of God, whether Jews or Gentiles, who have the grace of filial and godly fear put into their hearts, with which they worship God, and walk before him in all holy conversation; which is not a fear of wrath, or a distrust of divine goodness; but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:24

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted ,.... That is, Christ, who was afflicted by men, both by their tongues, and by their hands; by devils, by the temptations of Satan for Christ suffered being tempted, though he was not overcome; and by his attacks upon him, both in the garden and on the cross; and by the Lord himself, Jehovah his Father, who laid on him the iniquity and chastisement of his people, bruised him, and put him to grief; awoke the sword of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:25

My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation ,.... Or, "my praise is from thee" F15 מאתך παρα σου , Sept. "a te", Pagninus, Montanus, Rivetus, Cocceius, Ainsworth. ; not that he should have praise of God, as he had, when he was received up into heaven, and set down at the right hand of God; but that God should be the object of his praise, as he was the cause of it; his salvation and deliverance of him, and resurrection from the dead, and exaltation of him, were the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:26

The meek shall eat and be satisfied ,.... Such who, being made thoroughly sensible of sin, look upon themselves the chief of sinners, and the least of saints; and being truly convicted of the insufficiency of their own righteousness, wholly trust to and rely on the righteousness of Christ; and, being acquainted with their impotency and inability to do any good thing of themselves, ascribe all to the grace of God, and have no dependence on anything done by them; who are willing to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:27

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord ,.... That is, all the elect of God among the Gentiles, who live in the farthermost parts of the world, for whom Christ is appointed to be their salvation, and whom he calls to look to him for it; these shall remember the Lord whom they have forgotten, and against whom they have sinned, how great and how good he is; they shall be put in mind of their sins and iniquities committed against him, and call to mind their latter end;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:28

For the kingdom is the Lord's ,.... Not the kingdom of nature and providence, though that is the Lord Christ's; but the kingdom of grace, the mediatorial kingdom: this was Christ's by the designation and constitution of his Father from eternity; the government of the church was always upon his shoulders during the Old Testament dispensation; when he came into this world, he came as a King; though his kingdom being not of this world, it came not with observation; but upon his ascension to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:29

All they that be fat upon earth ,.... Rich men, who abound in worldly substance, are in very flourishing and prosperous circumstances, of whom for the most part this is literally true; yea, by these sometimes are meant princes, rulers, the chief among the people in power and authority, as well as in riches; see Psalm 78:31 ; the phrase may design such who are in prosperous circumstances in their souls, in spiritual things, in faith, comfort, and spiritual joy, Psalm 92:14 ; but the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:30

A seed shall serve him ,.... That is, Christ shall always have a seed to serve him in every age; a remnant according to the election of grace; see Romans 9:29 ; so that as the former verses speak of the amplitude of Christ's kingdom, through the calling of the Gentiles, these words and the following express the duration of it: and this "seed" either means Christ's seed; so the Septuagint version, and others that follow it, render it, "my seed"; the spiritual seed and offspring of Christ,... read more

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