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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 22 To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, a Psalm of David. The only thing observable in the title of this psalm is the sense of the words "Aijeleth Shahar", left untranslated; which, according to some of the Jewish (g) interpreters, is the name of a musical instrument; to which our version inclines; and a learned Jew (h) says, it is the instrument which the mourning...
John Gill
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, Psalms 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...
Matthew Henry
The Spirit of Christ, which was in the prophets, testifies in this psalm, as clearly and fully as any where in all the Old Testament, "the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow" (1 Pet. i. 11); of him, no doubt, David here speaks, and not of himself, or any other man. Much of it is expressly applied to Christ in the New Testament, all of it may be applied to him, and some of it...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Many bulls have compassed me: There they stood, the strong legionaries of Rome, proud priests of Judea, and the princes of the people, all thirsting for his blood.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, Dissolved, separated, like drops of water poured out of a vessel.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. There stood the chief priests and the rulers, and the Roman soldiery with their massive bulk and brute strength.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help, Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. These were the Pharisees, the chief priests, and the strong Roman soldiers that compassed our Saviour when he was upon the cross.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. He was looking on the Scribes and Pharisees, and the strong Roman soldiery who made a ring round the cross.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Many bulls have compassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. They gaped upon we with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: They were no doubt dislocated by the dreadful shaking and jarring that our Saviour must have suffered when they dashed the cross into the hole dug for it.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Many bulls haw compasssed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, All dissolved—nothing could hold together—quite spent and gone.