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