Friday, December 16, 2016

THE PSALM OF THE CROSS


 Psalm 22:16- 31King James Version (KJV)


22 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

 24 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.

25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

28 For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the governor among the nations.

29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

22:16 Dogs refers generally to all types of evil men. The piercing was literally fulfilled when Jesus was crucified (John 20:27).

 22:18 Vesture This is quoted in all four Gospels concerning Christ’s robe being gambled for by the soldiers who carried out the Crucifixion.

22:21 Thou has heard me. The resurrection of Jesus was an answer to His prayer and to the agonizing prayer of every sin-laden human soul.

22:22 The NT equivalent for the OT congregation is the "church" which Christ calls His "brethren" (Hebrew 2:11, 12).

22:12, 13 Bashan is a grain-growing region east of the Sea of Galilee, ideal for raising cattle. Bulls with horns are fearsome when charging a victim, as a hungry lion tearing its prey.

22:27 When one remembers, one brings to mind and then acts upon the thought.

22:29 This is reflected in Phil. 2:9-11, where it is said every knew shall bow before the Lord of all.

 In Christ,

Playwright Janet Irene Thomas
Founder/CEO
Bible Stories Theatre of
Fine & Performing Arts

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