Psalms 22:18
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. Now he returns to prayer: —
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Psalms 22:18
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. How accurate is this description even to the least detail! How wondrously was this poet-prophet inspired when he thus drew the portrait of the crucified Christ! “They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.”
Psalms 22:18-22
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. Save me .from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the...
Psalms 22:19
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But be not thou far from me, O Lord,.... [See comments on Psalms 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, Psalms...
Psalms 22:19-21
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O my strength, haste thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. He recollects former days wherein God had helped him, and he prays that the Lord will help him still, and bring him safely through this terrible trial, as...
Psalms 22:19-21
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Haste thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. Did you notice that flash of light gleaming through the darkness, “Thou hast heard me?” Perhaps it was at that moment that the sun again shone forth; at any rate, it is...
Psalms 22:19-21
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. Deliver my soul, from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. He had been delivered before, and he expected deliverance again, and he had it; but he had to pass through the iron...
Psalms 22:19-21
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword: my darling from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the home of the unicorns. So far, you see, the Psalm describes the sufferings of our Divine Redeemer and then it changes. The light of the sun...
Psalms 22:20
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Deliver my soul from the sword,.... Wicked men, whose tongues were as a sharp sword, reproaching and blaspheming him, and bearing false witness against him; and crying out, "Crucify him, crucify him", Lu 23:21; see Psalms 17:12; or any instrument of violence, as the iron bar with which the legs of the malefactors crucified with him were broken,...
Psalms 22:21
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Save me from the lion's mouth,.... Either the devil, who is as a roaring lion, whom Christ overcame both in the garden and on the cross, and destroyed him and his works; or all his wicked enemies, especially the most powerful of them, who were in greatest authority, as the chief priests and elders; so rulers and civil magistrates, who are cruel...
Psalms 22:22
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I will declare thy name unto my brethren,.... Not those who were more nearly related to him according to the flesh; for though there were some who believed in him, and to whom he declared the name of God, as James and Joses, and Judas and Simon, Matthew 13:55; yet there were others that did not believe on him, John 7:3; nor those more remotely...
Psalms 22:22
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. A gleam of sunlight now comes over the cross; the thick darkness is melting away, and the Saviour is triumphing even in his dying hour. He is passing away from the agonizing cry, “Why hast thou forsaken me?” to his last victorious utterance, “It is...
Psalms 22:22
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will declare thy name unto my brethren in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. The risen Christ is in the midst of us; he has come hither to tell us of his Father’s love; he has told it to us by his death, and now he bids us praise the Lord, and himself leads our song. This is the reward of his passion, that he and his brethren...
Psalms 22:22
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: His first thought, even in his agony on the cross, was about them; and he seemed to say, “When I have risen from the dead, I will tell them all about this time of trial; and through the ages to come, I will tell my people how thou didst help me, — the greatest of all sufferers, — and that thou wilt help...
Psalms 22:22
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: “I shall live again, I shall see Peter and James and John, and many more whom I have loved, and I will talk with them about my Father.” Psa_22:22. In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. He knew that he would rise from the dead, and that he would praise God in the midst of his brethren.
Psalms 22:23
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him,.... By whom are meant, not the proselytes among the Gentiles, as distinct from the Jews, which is the sense of some Jewish interpreters (n); but all the people of God, whether Jews or Gentiles, who have the grace of filial and godly fear put into their hearts, with which they worship God, and walk before him in...
Psalms 22:23-24
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. Here is the testimony of One who suffered more than all of us put together will ever...
Psalms 22:23-24
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye, the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. Is not this delightful? Your Lord has gone through the black darkness, and has come...
Psalms 22:23-24
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the, seed of Israel. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. What a change of note! If men could hear us speak when we are in the depths of...
Psalms 22:23-24
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. He is telling to himself, in the little quiet interval just before he breathed out his...