Psalm 22 English Standard version

Contained
el-o-heem Words of Jesus Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34; within book one
Ownership
Was Jesus quoting David or was David of Psalms
My God, foretelling Jesus?
my God,
X2 emphasis why have you forsaken me? Abandonment
Roaring
Why are you so far from saving me, (King James)
from the words of my groaning?

O my God,
I cry by day, I Rhythm of
but you do not answer, Night– sleep-rest the psalm
Constant
cry and by night, Yet you
but I find no rest.
Repeated later
Yet you are holy, Reflection of
enthroned on the praises of Israel. God being far
Ancestors
Comparison between
In you our fathers trusted; “I” and the “fathers”
they trusted,
Becoming
and you delivered them. Covenant
history
remembered
To you they cried
Trust x3 delivered, rescued,
and were rescued;
no shame Will you save as you did?
in you they trusted
and were not put to shame.
At the Cross
I am But I am a worm
shameful Less than a man
and not a man,
scorned by mankind Jesus became shameful
and despised by the people.

All who see me mock me; Matthew

they make mouths at me; 3rd person
Where is God now? 27:39-44
they wag their heads;
"He trusts in the LORD; Words of the mockers
let him deliver him;
let him rescue him, Jehovah Creator
for he delights in him!" Incarnation?

Yet you are he who took me from the womb; All I am/have is yours
you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
At his birth God John 19:26
was there Provider
On you was I cast from my birth,
and from my mother's womb you have been my God.

I am part of your covenant I have

served you
Y o u’re resp o nsib le fo r m e
 Did not have lions
Meaning Fertile soil Deut 33:22
Be not far from me, More intense cries
for trouble is near,
and there is none to help. Amos 4:1 Non-meat eating animals
command out of character
Many bulls encompass me;
strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
they open wide their mouths at me,
like a ravening Enemies like animals
Bulls acting like lions
and roaring lion.
No stability
Emotional
I am poured out like water, Pressure
and all my bones are out of joint; Heat is on
Closer
to
my heart is like wax;
death it is melted within my breast; Sun-baked clay
my strength is dried up like a potsherd, John
and my tongue sticks to my jaws; 19:28
V ario us enem ies, “d o g s”
Becoming you lay me in the dust of death. used for hunting
history
For dogs encompass me;
a company of evildoers encircles me; Did David experience this?
Thought , they have pierced my hands and feet--
observation I can count all my bones— Luke 24:39
during the they stare and gloat over me;
torture
they divide my garments among them, Matthew
and for my clothing they cast lots. 27:36-37
Jehovah 2nd plea, nd Matthew
But you, 2 “O ”- word for
be not far Clothing worth more than I
God different 27:35
Contrast O LORD,
God - Lord do not be far off! Urgency
O you my help,
come quickly to my aid! What He is not saved from the
sword or dog or the lion
sword
Deliver my soul from the sword,
my precious life from the power of the dog! Y o un g ’s literal versio n is
You saved?
You did it again “hig h p laces”
Save me from the mouth of the lion!
Stopped/saved in the middle of his cry
You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
“Y o u have an sw ered m e.”
Separated in NKJV
Past tense
Key words The Hebrew has the
should be at the end of the sentence word rescue or answer as
“F ro m th e horns of the wild oxen you the last word in the
h a ve re scu e d m e .” N R S V verse.

21.He saved/delivered me from a mouth of a lion and from

horns of oxen/high places you delivered/answered me! Literal translation
From the Hebrew
 Not ashamed Change in mood
Will tell to praise
I will tell of your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you: brothers
A new time Future
You who fear the LORD, Congregation
Encouragement to praise
praise him! People of God

All you offspring of Jacob, = Israel Praise of Israel

glorify him, Israel
Verse 3 and stand in awe of him, Offspring
all you offspring of Israel! of Israel
= Church

For he has not despised

Past tense or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted,
and he has not hidden his face from him,
but has heard, 3rd person Is the psalmist talking about
when he cried to him. someone other than himself?
Contrast

From you comes my praise in the great congregation; Great

congregation
my vows I will perform before those who fear him.

The afflicted shall eat

and be satisfied; Heaven
All inclusive for those who seek him shall praise the LORD!
gentiles as well May your hearts live forever!
They forgot
All the ends
All the ends of the earth shall remember of the earth
and turn to the LORD,
and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.

For kingship belongs to the LORD, nations

A change
and he rules over the nations. die All the
prosperous-
Who? The All the prosperous of the earth eat humans All that die
Psalmist, Jesus, and worship;
devil. before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
N R S V “I sh all live even the one who could not keep himself alive.
for him ”
Posterity shall serve him;
it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation; Future
they shall come generations
and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn,
that he has done it.
Verse 3
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