Psalm 22:12-218

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 22:11-21

In these verses we have Christ suffering and Christ praying, by which we are directed to look for crosses and to look up to God under them. I. Here is Christ suffering. David indeed was often in trouble, and beset with enemies; but many of the particulars here specified are such as were never true of David, and therefore must be appropriated to Christ in the depth of his humiliation. 1. He is here deserted by his friends: Trouble and distress are near, and there is none to help, none to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 22:22-31

The same that began the psalm complaining, who was no other than Christ in his humiliation, ends it here triumphing, and it can be no other than Christ in his exaltation. And, as the first words of the complaint were used by Christ himself upon the cross, so the first words of the triumph are expressly applied to him (Heb. 2:12) and are made his own words: I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. The certain prospect which Christ had of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:12

Many bulls have compassed me ,.... By whom are meant the chief priests, elders, Scribes, and Pharisees, among the Jews, and Herod and Pontius Pilate among the Gentiles, comparable to bulls for their fierceness, rage, and fury against Christ, Psalm 2:1 ; and for their pushing at him with their horns of power and authority, and for their trampling him under their feet, his person and offices; these compassed him about at his apprehension, arraignment, trial, and condemnation; and there were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:13

They gaped upon me with their mouths ,.... Either by way of derision and contempt, Job 16:10 ; or belching out blasphemy against him, or rather, with the greatest vehemency, crying out "Crucify him, crucify him", Luke 23:21 ; and this they did as a ravening and roaring lion , when it has got its prey and rejoices, Amos 3:4 ; and being in such hands, and encompassed about with such enemies, as Christ was in the garden, in the high priest's hall, and in Pilate's judgment hall, is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:14

I am poured out like water ,.... This may refer to Christ's sweat in the garden, when through his agony or conflict with Satan, and his vehemency in prayer, and the pressure on his mind, in a view of his people's sins, and the wrath of God for, them, and the accursed death he was about to undergo on that account, sweat in great abundance came from all parts of his body, and not only stood in large drops, but fell to the ground like great drops of blood; so that his body was all covered with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd ,.... The radical moisture of his body was dried up through his loss of blood and spirits, and through the violent fever upon him, brought on him by his being hurried from court to court; and which generally attends persons under a panic, in consternation and fear of danger and death, and at crucifixion; or this was occasioned by the inward sorrow and distress of his mind, which affected his body and dried his bones, as a broken spirit is said to do, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:16

For dogs have compassed me ,.... By whom are meant wicked men, as the following clause shows; and so the Chaldee paraphrase renders it, "the wicked who are like to many dogs"; and to these such are often compared in Scripture, Matthew 7:6 ; and it may be the Roman soldiers, who were Gentiles, may be chiefly intended, whom the Jews used to call dogs, Matthew 15:26 ; these assembled together in Pilate's hall and surrounded Christ, and made sport with him; to these were committed the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:17

I may tell all my bones ,.... For what with the stretching out of his body on the cross, when it was fastened to it as it lay on the ground, and with the jolt of the cross when, being reared up, it was fixed in the ground, and with the weight of the body hanging upon it, all his bones were disjointed and started out; so that, could he have seen them, he might have told them, as they might be told by the spectators who were around him; and so the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:18

They part my garments among them ,.... Such as died the death of the cross were crucified naked F8 Vid Lipsium de Cruce, l. 2. c. 7. p. 81. , and their clothes were the perquisites of the executioners; there were four soldiers concerned in the crucifixion of Christ, and these parted his garments into four parts, and everyone took his part; and cast lots on my vesture ; which was a seamless coat, wove from the top to the bottom; and therefore, not willing to rend it, they cast lots... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 22:19

But be not thou far from me, O Lord ,.... See Gill on Psalm 22:11 ; O my strength ; Christ as God is the mighty God, the Almighty; as Mediator, he is the strength of his people; but, as man, God is his strength; he is the man of his right hand, whom he has made strong for himself, and whom he has promised his arm shall strengthen, Psalm 80:17 ; and therefore he addresses him in this manner here, saying, haste thee to help me ; his help was alone in God his strength; there were... read more

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