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Psalms 22:17

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. He is emaciated through his fasting and all the agony he has endured, and his bones seem to break through his skin by reason of the cruel scourging to which he had been subjected.

Psalms 22:17

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I may tell all my bones: He is so emaciated that, as he looks down upon his body, he says, “I may tell all my bones.” Psa_22:17. They look and stare upon me. The delicate modesty of the Saviour is shocked. They have stripped him, and hung him up, and there they stand and gloat their cruel eyes upon his matchless body: “They look and stare upon me.”

Psalms 22:18-21

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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. He had been heard in past years, and he pleads for...

Psalms 22:18-19

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They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. But be thou not far from me, O LORD: That is still the very center of our Saviour’s suffering, so he turns his pleading in that direction. He does not ask that the dogs may be called off, nor that the bulls may be driven away; but his cry is, “Be not thou far from me, O Lord.”

Psalms 22:18

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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

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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 22:19-21

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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

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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 22:22

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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

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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

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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

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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 22:23-24

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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

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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...

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