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. HOW ARE WE TO INTERPRET THESE AWFUL WORDS? 1. Not the cry of a mere martyr. 2. Not wrung from Him by agony of body, but by anguish of soul. II. WHY THIS CRY OF ANGUISH? 1. His disciples had forsaken Him, but it was not for that. God had forsaken Him. Christ was hanging there as our Surety and Substitute. 2. No other way of explaining this cry. This does explain it. Conflicting attributes in the Godhead to be harmonised before man could be accepted and forgiven. God found a way to reconcile them in the work and suffering of Christ. III. LEARN FROM THIS CRY — 1. The true nature of Christ's death — a ransom, an atonement. 2. The evil of sin, and how God abhors it. 3. The greatness of God's love, and how we may obtain His mercy. (W. Pakenham Walsh, 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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