11. Contains two urgent reasons for immediate help. None to help Hebrew, Because there is not a helper. See Isaiah 63:3; Isaiah 63:5. Luther strikingly observes, “that the more despised and forsaken a man is, the nearer and more gracious God is to him.” read more
12. Many bulls have compassed me “Under the names of ferocious beasts, mentioned here and in Psalms 22:13; Psalms 22:16; Psalms 22:20-21, are signified powerful and deadly enemies.” French and Skinner. The word denotes young bulls, in their full strength and vigour. Rosenmuller says, of the third year. Of Bashan A rich district in northern Gilead noted for its fat cattle. The bulls of Hermon and Bashan were often too wild for the yoke and exceedingly fierce. See Job 39:9-12, where... read more
13. They gaped upon This was not in scorn, like the shooting “out the lip” of Psalms 22:7; but an act simply of brutal ferocity, the parallel to which is the rending and roaring lion of the next line. read more
14. I am poured out like water A figure denoting a profuse waste of the vital forces. But in 2 Samuel 14:14, the figure implies that the loss is irrecoverable, “as water spill which cannot be gathered up again,” which gave to the ceremony of pouring out water “before the Lord” the significance of a confirmation of a covenant whose engagements could not be recalled. 1 Samuel 7:6. The life of Christ was freely given. “He poured out his soul unto death,” (Isaiah 53:12,) in his soul agony and... read more
15. Dried up like a potsherd The humidity of my body is burned out like a piece of pottery in a furnace. The metaphor is twofold the shrinking or drying by heat, and worthlessness, as a sherd or fragment of pottery. Isaiah 45:9; Lamentations 4:2. My tongue cleaveth to my jaws מלקוהי , ( malkohah,) my jaws, from לקח , ( lakahh,) he received, applies to the jaws because they receive the food. The word is always elsewhere, except once, rendered prey. The Septuagint, “My tongue... read more
16. Dogs Called “assembly of the wicked” in next line, the only bitter comparison in the psalm. The wild dogs of the East are meant, a figure at once of impurity, baseness, and cruelty. In Egypt, and the East generally, dogs usually go at large. Having no master to care for them, hunger makes them ferocious. Their physiognomy is ignoble, and their appearance haggard and disgusting. They were always the synonyme of vileness, contention, and uncleanness. 1Sa 24:14 ; 2 Samuel 9:8; Philippians... read more
17. I may tell all my bones In Psalms 22:14: “All my bones are out of joint.” The protrusion of the bones, so that one could count them, is not merely the effect of a wasting suffering. but of violent and unnatural treatment, as the crucifixion. They look and stare upon me They closely watch me. Compare the watching of Jesus, Matthew 27:36-54. The idea of satisfaction is also suggested. They feast their eyes upon me. They behold me not only with indifference, but are regaled at the sight... read more
18. They part my garments The finishing touch in the description of cold brutality. Under the eye of Jesus the soldiers fulfilled this prediction, John 19:23-24, where see the note. Vesture The oriental robe, or mantle, worn loosely upon the person, which served as a covering by night. Exodus 22:26-27. The word is not decisive of the particular part of the raiment, but the casting lots for it determines, as it could not be divided without destroying it. read more
19. But be not thou far from me From his persecutors the afflicted petitioner turns his eye to his Deliverer. The appeal is exceedingly plaintive, as in Psalms 22:11, and is the echo of Psalms 22:1. O my strength He appropriates to God the title which best befits his helplessness. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 22:9
9. But thou art he, etc. The strong adversative force of the Hebrew conjunction indicates the firm, withstanding faith of the Sufferer. God is still his Father; and he who gave being at first, and nourished the flickering life of infancy, will not now abandon the life he gave. He will not cast off his own child. The argument is given Matthew 6:25. The gift of life is the greater blessing, and will God withhold the lesser? read more