Psalm 22:1-31 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?… I. THE PRAYER OF SUCH SUFFERER. In Him who was "the Man of Sorrows" it finds its chief fulfilment. 1. The sufferings; they are — (i) Spiritual, through feeling of God's desertion of Him (Matthew 27:46). In regard to Christ, it was not a fact that God had deserted Him, but He felt as if it were so. And of God's disregard of His prayer (ver. 2).(ii) Social, for the Sufferer was the victim of social contempt (ver. 6), and cruelty: "they pierced," etc. (ver. 16), and He tells of the physical effect of all this (vers. 14, 17). 2. The supplications; in which note — (i) The character in which God is addressed — "holy" (ver. 3). The God of His "fathers" (ver. 4), and of His earliest life (ver. 9).(ii) The object for which He is addressed, — that God would come to Him (vers. 11, 19), and that God would deliver Him (ver. 20).(iii) The earnestness with which He is addressed (vers. 1, 2). II. THE RELIEF GIVEN. See this set forth in ver. 22 onwards. Its results were — 1. The celebration of the Divine goodness (vers. 22, 24). 2. The conversion of the world to the true God (ver. 27). This shall be through (i) men remembering and turning unto the Lord. And (ii) because the kingdom is, etc. (ver. 28). And (iii) it shall be complete, including all nations, classes, and conditions. 3. The celebration of His religion to the end of time (vers. 30, 31). Not only is there a time to come when the whole generation shall be converted, but all the generations following shall celebrate His praise. (D. Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: {To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? |
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