Bible Commentary

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 22. thy name ] All that Thou hast proved thyself to be. See note on Psa 5:11. my brethren ] By the ties of national and religious sympathy. The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews (Psa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 22:22”

Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. 21. for thou hast heard me &c.] Render, yea from the horns of the wild oxen thou hast answered me. A singularly bold and forcible construction. We expect a second imperative, repeating the prayer for deliverance ( rescue … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 22:21”

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. 20. from the sword ] From a violent death. my darling ] Lit., my only one. The clue to the meaning is given by the use of the word of an only child (Gen 22:2; Jdg 11:34). The word denotes the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 22:20”

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. 19. The prayer for help is repeated after this description of the urgency of his need. But thou, O lord (in emphatic contrast to they in Psa 22:17), keep not thou far off. The sufferer looks away from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 22:19”

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 18. His brutal enemies are only waiting for his death that they may strip his body, and divide his clothes between them. Already they are settling their respective shares. This is a simpler explanation than to suppose that the Psalmist represents himself as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 22:18”

I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me. 17. I may tell ] i.e. I can count. He is reduced to a living skeleton. Cp. Job 33:21. they look &c.] While they they gaze &c. The original expresses the malicious delight with which these monsters of cruelty feast their eyes upon … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 22:17”

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 16. A fresh description of his foes. An unclean, cowardly, worrying rabble, like the troops of hungry and half-savage dogs with which every oriental city and village still abounds (Tristram, Nat. Hist. p. 79), come … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 22:16”

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 15. The vital sap and moisture of the body are dried up. Cp. Psa 32:4. Possibly for my strength we should read my palate. Cp. Psa 69:3. thou hast brought … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 22:15”

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 14. Cp. Jos 7:5; Psa 6:2 ff. It is the experience of the dying man. Cp. Newman’s Dream of Gerontius, “This emptying out of each constituent And … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 22:14”

They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion. 13. They gaped &c.] R.V., they gape upon me with their mouths (Lam 2:16; Lam 3:46); like a lion roaring as it prepares to spring upon its prey (Psa 7:2). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges They gaped upon … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 22:13”