Psalm 22:
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Psalm 22
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Complaints of discouragement. (1-10) With prayer for deliverance. (11-21)
Praises for mercies and redemption. (22-31)
Verses 1-10 The
Spirit of Christ, which was in the prophets, testifies in this psalm, clearly
and fully, the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. We have a
sorrowful complaint of God's withdrawings. This may be applied to any child of
God, pressed down, overwhelmed with grief and terror. Spiritual desertions are
the saints' sorest afflictions; but even their complaint of these burdens is a
sign of spiritual life, and spiritual senses exercised. To cry our, My God, why
am I sick? why am I poor? savours of discontent and worldliness. But, "Why hast
thou forsaken me?" is the language of a heart binding up its happiness in God's
favour. This must be applied to Christ. In the first words of this complaint, he
poured out his soul before God when he was upon the cross,
matthew 27:46. Being
truly man, Christ felt a natural unwillingness to pass through such great
sorrows, yet his zeal and love prevailed. Christ declared the holiness of God,
his heavenly Father, in his sharpest sufferings; nay, declared them to be a
proof of it, for which he would be continually praised by his Israel, more than
for all other deliverances they received. Never any that hoped in thee, were
made ashamed of their hope; never any that sought thee, sought thee in vain.
Here is a complaint of the contempt and reproach of men. The Saviour here spoke
of the abject state to which he was reduced. The history of Christ's sufferings,
and of his birth, explains this prophecy.
Verses 11-21 In
these verses we have Christ suffering, and Christ praying; by which we are
directed to look for crosses, and to look up to God under them. The very manner
of Christ's death is described, though not in use among the Jews. They pierced
his hands and his feet, which were nailed to the accursed tree, and his whole
body was left so to hang as to suffer the most severe pain and torture. His
natural force failed, being wasted by the fire of Divine wrath preying upon his
spirits. Who then can stand before God's anger? or who knows the power of it?
The life of the sinner was forfeited, and the life of the Sacrifice must be the
ransom for it. Our Lord Jesus was stripped, when he was crucified, that he might
clothe us with the robe of his righteousness. Thus it was written, therefore
thus it behoved Christ to suffer. Let all this confirm our faith in him as the
true Messiah, and excite our love to him as the best of friends, who loved us,
and suffered all this for us. Christ in his agony prayed, prayed earnestly,
prayed that the cup might pass from him. When we cannot rejoice in God as our
song, yet let us stay ourselves upon him as our strength; and take the comfort
of spiritual supports, when we cannot have spiritual delights. He prays to be
delivered from the Divine wrath. He that has delivered, doth deliver, and will
do so. We should think upon the sufferings and resurrection of Christ, till we
feel in our souls the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his
sufferings.
Verses 22-31 The
Saviour now speaks as risen from the dead. The first words of the complaint were
used by Christ himself upon the cross; the first words of the triumph are
expressly applied to him,
hebrews 2:12. All our
praises must refer to the work of redemption. The suffering of the Redeemer was
graciously accepted as a full satisfaction for sin. Though it was offered for
sinful men, the Father did not despise or abhor it for our sakes. This ought to
be the matter of our thanksgiving. All humble, gracious souls should have a full
satisfaction and happiness in him. Those that hunger and thirst after
righteousness in Christ, shall not labour for that which satisfies not. Those
that are much in praying, will be much in thanksgiving. Those that turn to God,
will make conscience of worshipping before him. Let every tongue confess that he
is Lord. High and low, rich and poor, bond and free, meet in Christ. Seeing we
cannot keep alive our own souls, it is our wisdom, by obedient faith, to commit
our souls to Christ, who is able to save and keep them alive for ever. A seed
shall serve him. God will have a church in the world to the end of time. They
shall be accounted to him for a generation; he will be the same to them that he
was to those who went before them. His righteousness, and not any of their own,
they shall declare to be the foundation of all their hopes, and the fountain of
all their joys. Redemption by Christ is the Lord's own doing. Here we see the
free love and compassion of God the Father, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, for us
wretched sinners, as the source of all grace and consolation; the example we are
to follow, the treatment as Christians we are to expect, and the conduct under
it we are to adopt. Every lesson may here be learned that can profit the humbled
soul. Let those who go about to establish their own righteousness inquire, why
the beloved Son of God should thus suffer, if their own doings could atone for
sin? Let the ungodly professor consider whether the Saviour thus honoured the
Divine law, to purchase him the privilege of despising it. Let the careless take
warning to flee from the wrath to come, and the trembling rest their hopes upon
this merciful Redeemer. Let the tempted and distressed believer cheerfully
expect a happy end of every trial.
Psalm 22:
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