Study on Psalm 22

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Psalm 22:1-31 (NKJV)

1  My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning?
2  O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.
3  But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel.
4  Our fathers trusted in You; They trusted, and You delivered them.
5  They cried to You, and were delivered; They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.
6  But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.
7  All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8  “He trusted in the LORD, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”
9  But You are He who took Me out of the womb; You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts.
10  I was cast upon You from birth. From My mother’s womb You have been My God.
11  Be not far from Me, For trouble is near; For there is none to help.
12  Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me.
13  They gape at Me with their mouths, Like a raging and roaring lion.
14  I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me.
15  My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And My tongue clings to My jaws; You have brought Me to the dust of death.
16  For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet;
17  I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me.
18  They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.
19  But You, O LORD, do not be far from Me; O My Strength, hasten to help Me!
20  Deliver Me from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog.
21  Save Me from the lion’s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me.
22  I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23  You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!
24  For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from Him; But when He cried to Him, He heard.
25  My praise shall be of You in the great assembly; I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.
26  The poor shall eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the LORD. Let your heart live forever!
27  All the ends of the world Shall remember and turn to the LORD, And all the families of the nations Shall worship before You.
28  For the kingdom is the LORD’S, And He rules over the nations.
29  All the prosperous of the earth Shall eat and worship; All those who go down to the dust Shall bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep himself alive.
30  A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,
31  They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done this.

Thirty Facts and Sufferings of the Messiah

  1. I am forsaken by God (Psalm 22:1).
  2. I am far from being helped.
  3. I am far from being heard.
  4. I am a worm (note, Psalm 22:6).
  5. I am no man (note, Psalm 22:6).
  6. I am a reproach of men.
  7. I am despised by the people.
  8. I am scorned by men (Psalm 22:7).
  9. I am mocked by men (Psalm 22:7-8).
  10. God is My protector from birth (Psalm 22:9).
  11. God is My hope from birth.
  12. God is My dependence from birth (Psalm 22:10).
  13. Jehovah is My God from birth.
  14. God has always been near Me (Psalm 22:11).
  15. I have had to face troubles.
  16. God has been My only help.
  17. Brutal men have surrounded Me (Psalm 22:12).
  18. Men were determined to destroy Me (Psalm 22:13).
  19. My life blood is poured out like water (Psalm 22:14; John 19:34).
  20. All my bones are out of joint.
  21. My heart is melted like wax in the midst of My bowels.
  22. My strength is gone (Psalm 22:15).
  23. My tongue is so dry it cleaves to My jaws.
  24. I am slain as a sacrifice.
  25. Gentiles have surrounded Me (Psalm 22:16).
  26. The wicked enclosed Me.
  27. My hands and feet are pierced.
  28. My bones out of joint cause men to stare at Me (Psalm 22:17).
  29. My garments are coveted (Psalm 22:18).
  30. Men gamble for My vesture.

Hebrew: towla (OT:8438), a maggot, the crimson grub, a coccus worm.  It is used in making scarlet dye.  The word is translated crimson once (Isaiah 1:18); scarlet 31 times (Exodus 25:4; Exodus 26:1,31,36; Exodus 27:16; etc.); and worm 8 times:

  1. Of worms in food and plants (Exodus 16:20; Deut. 28:39; Jon. 4:7)
  2. Of man in his sinful state as contrasted with God (Job 25:6; Isaiah 41:14)
  3. Of the conscience (souls) of men in hell (Isaiah 14:11; Isaiah 66:24; cp. Mark 9:43-48)
  4. Of Christ, meaning that He took the lowest place among men to be rejected, scorned, spit upon, and even humiliated for them (Psalm 22:6; cp. Phil. 2:5-8; 1 Peter 2:24; Isaiah 49:7; Isaiah 52:14; Isaiah 53:1-12)

Hebrew: iysh (OT:376), the word for man when used of great men in contrast with ordinary men (Psalm 49:12; Psalm 62:9; Isaiah 2:9; Isaiah 5:15; Isaiah 31:8), and when angels and God are spoken of as man (Exodus 15:3; Joshua 5:13; Daniel 9:21; Daniel 10:5; Daniel 12:6-7; Zech.1:8).  It should read, “I am the lowest of the people, and no great man.”

Twenty Blessings of the Millennium

  1. The Messiah will declare God’s name to His brethren in the church (Psalm 22:22; Hebrews 2:12)
  2. Gentiles will praise God (Psalm 22:23; Psalm 18:49; Psalm 117:1; Deut. 32:43; Isaiah 11:1,10)
  3. Israel also will praise God
  4. The poor will not be despised (Psalm 22:24)
  5. God will hear the poor
  6. Messiah will praise God in the great congregation of both Jews and Gentiles (Psalm 22:25; Zech.14:16-21; Rev. 11:15)
  7. Messiah will pay His own vows before all who worship God
  8. The meek will be satisfied (Psalm 22:26; Psalm 37:11; Isaiah 11:4; Matthew 5:5)
  9. Prayer and praise to God will be universal (Psalm 22:26; Malachi 1:11)
  10. Men will begin to live forever (Psalm 22:26; Isaiah 65:20-25; Matthew 25:46; Rev. 21:3-7)
  11. Revival will be manifest in all the earth (Psalm 22:27; Joel 2:28-31; Isaiah 2:2-4; Isaiah 52:7; Zech.8:23; Zech.14:16-21)
  12. All nations will worship God (Psalm 22:27; Isaiah 2:2-4; Zech.14:16-21)
  13. All kingdoms on earth will be ruled by Christ (Psalm 22:28; Daniel 2:44-45; Daniel 7:13-14,18,27; Zech.14:9-21; Luke 1:32-33; Rev. 11:15; Rev. 20:4-10)
  14. Christ will be Governor among the nations (Isaiah 9:6-7; Daniel 7:13-14; Zech.14:9-21; Luke 1:32-33; Rev. 11:15; Rev. 20:4-10)
  15. The rich and the great ones of earth will worship God (Psalm 22:29)
  16. All enemies shall bow before Him (Psalm 22:29; Psalm 72:9; Isaiah 2:12-21; Isaiah 11:4-5)
  17. All will have God as the source of eternal life
  18. A seed shall serve the Messiah, the eternal generations of which shall proclaim the Lord as Sovereign (Psalm 22:30; Isaiah 59:20-21)
  19. The seed shall be an eternal generation, i.e., will live forever in service to God (Psalm 22:26,30; Isaiah 59:20-21; Daniel 2:44-45; Daniel 7:13-14)
  20. They (the eternal generation) shall come and declare God’s righteousness to people that will be born in all eternity (Psalm 22:31; Genesis 8:22; Genesis 9:12; Isaiah 9:6-7; Daniel 2:44-45; Daniel 7:13-14,18,27; Luke 1:32-33; Rev. 11:15; Rev. 22:4-5). See Eternal Generations and Two Classes of Eternal People.

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