This Sun was under a doleful eclipse, this living Lord was pleased to die, and in his death was under the frowns of an angry God. Psalm 22:1-31. The timidity of the deer was ascribed to the great size of its heart, in which they thought was a bone shaped like a cross. My God, my God, etc. It will be very readily admitted that the hind is a very appropriate emblem of the suffering and persecuted righteous man who meets us in this Psalm... That the hind may be a figurative expression significant of suffering innocence, is put beyond a doubt by the fact, that the wicked and the persecutors in this Psalm, whose peculiar physiognomy is marked by emblems drawn from the brute creation, are designed by the terms dogs, lions, bulls, etc. Verse 1. "Why?" The Testimony. The Man of Sorrows had prayed until his speech failed him, and he could only utter moanings and groanings as men do in severe sicknesses, like the roarings of a wounded animal. 1842. My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? My God, my God! Verse 1. We contrast this with John 16:32 , "I am not alone, because the Father is with me." This word, My God, takes in more than all the philosophers in the world could draw out of it. The prophetical office of Christ, from Psalms 22:22-25 . Ludolph, the Carthusian (circa 1350), in J. M. Neale's Commentary. Whole Psalm. then from the desertion of Christ singular consolation springs up to the people of God; yea, manifold consolation. Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning? Jesus cried out these very words from the cross, (Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34). Verse 1. JOHN STEVENSON, Perpetual Curate of Curry and Gunwalloe, Cornwall. In the most general sense, Psalm 22 is about a person who is crying out to God to save him from the taunts and torments of his enemies, and (in the last ten verses) thanking God for rescuing him. The title of the twenty-second Psalm is Aijeleth Shahar -- the morning hart. Our Father in this deals with us as we ourselves sometimes do with a child that is stubborn and rebellious. Even the Jewish Sages recognized and admitted that Psalm 22 was a prophetic psalm about the Messiah. It was possible for Christ by faith to know that he was beloved of God, and he did know that he was beloved of God, when yet as to sense and feeling he tasted of God's wrath. Why did His heavenly Father turn His back on His only begotten Son in Whom He delighted? He was under violent pain in the garden, and on the cross; ineffable was the sorrow that he felt, being forsaken of his Father, deserted by his disciples, affronted and reproached by his enemies, and under a curse for us. Verse 1. That which is foretold about his vows ( Psalms 22:25 ), hath respect to his priestly function. The Appeal. O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent. The volume entitled "Christ on the Cross," by Rev. The Satisfaction of the Meek; the Seekers of the Lord Praising Him; the Eternal Life. "To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar. That face was then hid from him that had always smiled before; and his soul felt that horror and that darkness which it had never felt before. The Taunt. Nor does the sufferer distrust the power of God to sustain him, for the title used -- "El" -- signifies strength, and is the name of the Mighty God. With the dagesh, the meaning is almost always the “deer/doe” meaning. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? He would fain know why he is left, he raises that question and repeats it, but neither the power nor the faithfulness of God does he mistrust. but that thou hadst a divine support, but thou hadst not (it seemeth) that inward joy which at other times did fill thee; now thou art in thy glory, pity a worm in misery, that mourns and desires more after thee than all things: Lord, you paid dear for my good, let good come unto me. There is the implication here of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead by the hand of God Almighty. It is the photograph of our Lord's saddest hours, the record of his dying words, the lachrymatory of his last tears, the memorial of his expiring joys. 26. Thou mayest conclude possibly, "I am a hypocrite, and therefore God hath forsaken me;" this is the complaint of some doubting Christians, "I am a hypocrite, and therefore God hath forsaken me;" but thou hast no reason so to conclude: there was no failure in Christ's obedience, and yet Christ was forsaken in point of comfort; therefore desertion, in point of comfort, may consist with truth of grace, yea, with the highest measure of grace; so it did in our Saviour. There always was some "dog," or "bull," or "unicorn," ready to attack him. A sight of self seen by penitence, and of Jesus on the cross seen by faith will best expound this question. This was His antidote to despair, and the pledge that God would yet interpose as His Deliverer. Verse 1. Messiah's suffering included humiliation, the taunts of unbelievers, a distressful sense of loneliness, and intense physical pain. The Invitation. 25. It was for our sake that He was forsaken and it was US that he was forced to cry out: My God my God why hast Thou forsaken Me? Thank You that He died for me - I pray that I might live for Him, in Jesus name. (1-2) The cry of the forsaken. From Psalms 22:1-21 is a most pitiful cry for help, and from Psalms 22:21-31 is a most precious foretaste of deliverance. The curse of the Law sliced though His spirit, soul and body as He drank the bitter cup that would provide such blessing for all who were born under the curse of the Law. John Morison. Likewise, the Psalmist explains: "All who see me sneer at me; They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying, 'Commit yourself to the Lord; let Him deliver him; Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him,'” (Psalm 22:7-8) The gosp… So that there was no separation between the divine and human nature, yet he suffered pains equal to those which we had deserved to suffer in hell for ever. The Everlasting Theme and Occupation. The Complaint. Whole Psalm. It was David that was caused to pen these prophetic words, which were uttered by our Saviour on the cross, when He bore the sin of the world in His body on the Tree. 12, 13. William Gouge, D.D. The former probably signifying the place of his sufferings, and the latter the sublime acclivities of light, glory, and honour, where the "hart" shall be hunted no more. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. how will our very hearts melt with love, when we remember that as we have been distressed for our sins against him; so he was in greater agonies for us? We must lay the emphasis on every word of this saddest of all utterances. The Partition of the Garments and Casting Lots. The first verse expresses a species of suffering that never at any other time was felt in this world, and never will be again -- the vengeance of the Almighty upon his child -- "MY God, why hast thou forsaken me?" This is a kind of gem among the Psalms, and is peculiarly excellent and remarkable. The Piercing. — 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. Like a lion that is hurt in the forest, so he roared and cried out, though there was no despair in him; and when he was forsaken, yet there was trust and hope in these words, My God, my God. (1575-1653), in "A Commentary on the whole Epistle to the Hebrews." Jesus is forsaken because our sins had separated between us and our God. Indeed, this psalm is an appropriate lectionary reading for Good Friday because the Gospels cite and allude to it at least five times in the crucifixion account. Which may be considered either as … Bakius, quoted by F. Delitzsch, D.D., on Hebrews, ii. Here he was driven by the huntsmen to the edges of the awful precipices yawning destruction from below, while he was surrounded and held at bay by all the beasts of prey and monsters of the infernal forest. Perhaps the easiest way to see David as a prophet is to survey one of his most clearly prophetic psalms, Psalm 22. Verse 1. E. W. Hengstenberg. The Vow. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. By the Rev. And it is as much as if Christ had said, O my God, no words can express my anguish, I will not speak, but roar, howl out my complaints. Here is comfort to deserted souls; Christ himself was deserted; therefore, if thou be deserted, God dealeth no otherwise with thee than he did with Christ. What strong crying and tears were those which made him too hoarse for speech! J. J. Stewart Perowne. Alexander Wedderburn, 1701. Oh that we could imitate this cleaving to an afflicting God! Yet there was reason for all this which those who rest in Jesus as their Substitute well know. Psalm 22:1 For the choir director; upon Aijeleth Hashshahar. Cassiodorus. For all who believe on Him, by grace through faith, would be reconciled to God; become eternally saved and forever forgiven, by means of the astonishing atoning sacrifice that Christ made on that singular day. Poverty, the hatred of men, and the temptation of Satan, joined in the pursuit. Moreover, this sad desertion of Christ becomes a comfortable pattern to poor deserted souls in divers respects; and the proper business of such souls, at such times, is to eye it believingly. 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?t Why are you so faru from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?v 2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,w That which is foretold about his vows ( Psalms 22:25 ), hath respect to his priestly function. They had not considered that he was a "morning hart." William Streat, in "The Dividing of the Hoof," 1654. Lord, you know what it is for a soul to be forsaken, it was sometime thine own case when you complained, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? Eusebius of Caesarea. Psalm 22:1 NIV - My God, my God, why have you… | Biblia 19 mBehold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? "Forsaken:" if thou hadst chastened I might bear it, for thy face would shine; but to forsake me utterly, ah! As for his divine nature, he and his Father can never sunder in that, and so at no time is he alone, but the Father is always with him. Verse 1. 23. Christ found Calvary a craggy, jagged, and fearful hill -- "a mountain of division." nI will make a way in the wilderness We … According to their curious natural history, there exists a deadly enmity between the deer and the serpent, and the deer by its warm breath draws serpents out of their holes in order to devour them. Thou mayest be beloved of God and not feel it; Christ was so, he was beloved of the Father, and yet he had no present sense and feeling of his love. This last interpretation is the subject of much enquiry and conjecture. WORKS WRITTEN ABOUT THE TWENTY-SECOND PSALM IN SPURGEON'S DAY. v22 I will tell your name to my brothers. Well scripture gives us the answer: God is just and He is holy and sin must be punished. While the Jewish commentary tries to explain the meaning of Psalm 22 as pertaining only to David, the sufferings described clearly exceed what David suffered during his life. The Finish of the Faith. 17. Herod began hunting him down as soon as he appeared. Why hast thou forsaken me? However that may be, by taking these first words on his lips, he stamped the Psalm as belonging to himself. The Reproach. John Row. Not the "why" of impatience or despair, not the sinful questioning of one whose heart rebels against his chastening, but rather the cry of a lost child who cannot understand why his father has left him, and who longs to see his father's face again. If a snake had escaped the hart after being drawn out by the hart by its breath, it was said to be more vehemently poisonous than before. It was so sharp, so heavy an affliction to Christ's soul, that it caused him who was meek under all other sufferings as a lamb, to roar under this like a lion. Verse 1. The anger of God has dried up our spirits, but he was scorched with a more flaming wrath. 11. First, our Lord's faith beams forth and deserves our reverent imitation; he keeps his hold upon his God with both hands and cries twice. Martin Luther. so that by faith in Him we might never be forsaken but united with Him forever. The condition of Christ in respect of his human state (not the divine), is in all outward appearances, like ours; we conceive the saints' condition very lamentable at times, as if God were for ever gone. It begins with, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" He had no comfort from heaven, none from his angels, none from his friends, even in that sorrowful hour when he needed comfort most. --Reprinted in Nichol's Series of Commentaries. Verse 1. Why did God forsake the Son of His love? What does this verse really mean? When Christ complains of having been forsaken by God, we are not to understand that he was forsaken by the First Person, or that there was a dissolution of the hypostatic union, or that he lost the favour and friendship of the Father; but he signifies to us that God permitted his human nature to undergo those dreadful torments, and to suffer an ignominious death, from which he could, if he chose, most easily deliver him. why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? Thus did the suffering Messiah pour forth strong crying and tears, to him that was able to save him from death. 16. R. H. Ryland. Though he condemned me I must and will justify him: this also is Christ like. For the three of the blackest hours in human history the eternal Son of God was separated from His Father in heaven as He was made sin on our account. Jesus uttered these same words while … The first part, verses 1–21, contains an urgent prayer, in which the suppliant questions a holy God's distance from him in his time of suffering. Whole Psalm. That these words in David were notwithstanding the words of Christ, there is no true believer ignorant; yet how cross our Lord's words in John! … The Hebrew of Psalm 22:1 reads “eli eli lamah azabthani”. A Psalm of David.My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. Answer: -- It is one thing to speak out of present sense of misery, another thing to be confident of a never separated Deity. Why should God the Son suffer the concentrated horror of those three eternal hours. It is every way as much for the dear Son of God, the darling delight of his soul, to be forsaken of God for a time, as if such a poor inconsiderable thing as thou art shouldest be cast off to eternity. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. 14. These very words would be uttered about 1,000 years later by the Son of David, … In his own time he bowed his head and gave up the ghost. This was good cause to make him "roar." And Christ (to teach us to cry after God the Father, like children after the mother, whose very stepping but at the door, ofttimes makes the babe believe, and so saith that his father is gone for ever), presents in his own sufferings how much he is sensible of ours in that case. How shocking that so many legalists do not consider that Christ's sacrificial death was sufficient - and insist that we have to add our own works to His finished work on the cross. John Row's "Emmanuel," 1680. The repetition is expressive of fervent desire -- "My God", in an especial sense, as in his words after the resurrection to Mary Magdalene, "I ascend unto my God, and your God;" "My God", not as the Son of God only, but in that nature which he hath assumed, as the beloved Son in whom the Father is well pleased; who is loved of the Father and who loveth the Father more than the whole universe. There is not one drop of injustice in all the sea of my sorrows. Psalm 43 is the only psalm in the second book that lacks a superscription; and the two psalms are in fact joined together in some Hebrew manuscripts. No matter what caused David to pen this Psalm, we remember the solemn event, which it foreshadowed. Psalms 22:1-21 NKJV. This is worst of all, yea, worse than all put together. His omnipotent arms were under him, though his pleased face was hid from him. The Insulting Gaze. Verse 1 BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO WALKS NOT IN THE COUNSEL OF THE WICKED NOR STAND IN THE WAY OF SINNERS.. Psalm 22:12-18 clearly depict Christ’s suffering at the cross. The debt we owe our Saviour should be a never-ending stream of grateful love that floods through our heart and soul, knowing that He was made sin on our account so that we could be made the righteousness of God in Him. See Psalms 22:20 and 88:5. Division. The Jews mocked, but the angels adored when Jesus cried this exceeding bitter cry. In Psalm 22:16, it speaks of a man who was numbered with the transgressors, meaning an innocent man being regarded as being one of a group of criminals. Whole Psalm. I roar as a lion. The prophetical office of Christ, from Psalms 22:22-25 . And moreover I do not remember any one other place in the Scriptures where we have this repetition, ELI, EL. The first division may be subdivided at the Psalms 22:10 , from Psalms 22:1-10 being an appeal based upon covenant relationship; and from Psalms 22:10-21 being an equally earnest plea derived from the imminence of his peril. Christmas Evans, 1766-1838. "But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel." Dionysius, quoted by Isaac Williams. The Mockery. Psalm 22 is a prayer of complaint that, perhaps more than any psalm, serves as a link between the Old Testament and the story of Jesus’ passion. It was David that was caused to pen these prophetic words, which were uttered by our Saviour on the cross, when He bore the sin of the world in His body on the Tree. His sufferings are copiously described from Psalms 22:1-22 . Now he is with Mary in the garden, giving evidence of his own resurrection; in a moment he is at Emmaus, encouraging the too timid and bewildered disciples. The Deliverance. How shocking that the vast majority of humanity have refused to hear and receive the glorious gospel of grace. This ode of singular excellence was committed to the most excellent of the temple songsters; the chief among ten thousand is worthy to be extolled by the chief Musician; no meaner singer must have charge of such a strain; we must see to it that we call up our best abilities when Jesus is the theme of praise. David and his afflictions may be here in a very modified sense, but, as the star is concealed by the light of the sun, he who sees Jesus will probably neither see nor care to see David. A prophecy of the passion of Christ, and of the vocation of the Gentiles. But You are holy; You await the praises of Israel. Verse 1. The whole Psalm refers to Christ, containing much that cannot be applied to another: parting his garments, casting lots for his vesture, etc. This Psalm is no exception and covers many important biblical themes, promises, protection and truths. 29. John Row. The Savior breaks forth in an anthem of praise in the midst of God’s people. Before us we have a description both of the darkness and of the glory of the cross, the sufferings of Christ and the glory which shall follow. Meaning of Psalm 1 verse by verse. The Exhaustion. ~ David Praises God. He then described his anguish using the symbolism of a man being brutally abused and executed by his foes (Psalm 22:12–18). "Hast:" it is done, and the Saviour is feeling its dread effect as he asks the question; it is surely true, but how mysterious! Jesus too was numbered with the transgressors when he was crucified next to two criminals, as described in Matthew 27:38, Mark 15:27, Luke 23:32 and … Psalm 22:1-21 "My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me" Introduction "A psalm of David." Wherefore this Psalm ought to be most highly prized by all who have any acquaintance with temptations of faith and spiritual conflicts. My God my God why hast Thou forsaken me? It's no small matter will make that majestic creature to roar. Psalm 22:1 Translation & Meaning. The book of Psalms gives us with some of the most beautifully written discourses known to man. "A psalm of David." Timothy Rogers. Verse 1. Faith and the want of sense are not inconsistent; there may be no present sense of God's love, nay, there may be a present sense of his wrath, and yet there may be faith at the same time. Compiled & Edited by BibleStudyTools Staff, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. It may have been actually repeated word by word by our Lord when hanging on the tree; it would be too bold to say that it was so, but even a casual reader may see that it might have been. And the sinless Lord Jesus, Who is God in the flesh, took upon Himself every sin we committed and every violation of God's perfect Law - together with the inherent sin we received from our forefathers and the inherited sin nature we received as part of Adam's fallen race. Title. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. My God. What does Psalm 22:19 mean? AMEN. My God, my God. 9,10. (gaf), seems primarily to denote the roaring of a lion; but, as applied to intelligent beings, it is generally expressive of profound mental anguish poured forth in audible and even vehement strains. (Read Psalm 22:1-10) The Spirit of Christ, which was in the prophets, testifies in this psalm, clearly and fully, the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Psalm 22 verse summary. The Assault. The Emaciation. What must have been his anguish to find his own beloved and trusted Father standing afar off, and neither granting help nor apparently hearing prayer! Psalm 22 begins with the most anguished cry in human history: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” These are the words that Jesus took on His lips at the depth of His suffering on the cross. Even the burning a portion of the deer's horns was said to drive away all snakes. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? 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