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
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