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April 14, 2017
Psalm 22 describes suffering that King David experienced at the hands of his enemies and the anguish that he felt when it seemed that God was far away. Alistair Begg considers this psalm in light of its ultimate fulfillment in the Lord Jesus, who was rejected by men and bore the wrath of God in the place of sinners. It is only by trusting in the substitutionary death of Christ that sinners can enjoy a restored relationship with God, to the praise of His glory.
1uMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so vfar from saving me, from the words of my wgroaning?
2O my God, I cry by xday, but you do not answer,
and by night, but I find no rest.
3Yet you are yholy,
zenthroned on athe praises1 of Israel.
4In you our fathers trusted;
they trusted, and you delivered them.
5To you they bcried and were rescued;
in you they ctrusted and were not put to shame.
6But I am da worm and not a man,
escorned by mankind and fdespised by the people.
7All who see me gmock me;
they make mouths at me; they hwag their heads;
8i“He trusts in the Lord; let him jdeliver him;
let him rescue him, for he kdelights in him!”
9Yet you are he who ltook me from the womb;
you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
10On you was I cast from my birth,
and from mmy mother's womb you have been my God.
11Be not nfar from me,
for trouble is near,
and there is onone to help.
12Many bulls encompass me;
pstrong bulls of qBashan surround me;
13they ropen wide their mouths at me,
like a ravening and roaring lion.
14I am spoured out like water,
and all my bones are tout of joint;
it is melted within my breast;
15my strength is wdried up like a potsherd,
and my xtongue sticks to my jaws;
you lay me in the dust of death.
16For ydogs encompass me;
a company of evildoers zencircles me;
they have apierced my hands and feet2—
17I can count all my bones—
they bstare and gloat over me;
18cthey divide my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots.
19But you, O Lord, ndo not be far off!
O you my help, dcome quickly to my aid!
20Deliver my soul from the sword,
my precious life from the power of ethe dog!
21Save me from fthe mouth of the lion!
You have rescued3 me from the horns of gthe wild oxen!
22hI will tell of your name to my ibrothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
23You who jfear the Lord, praise him!
All you offspring of Jacob, kglorify him,
and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
24For he has not despised or abhorred
the affliction of lthe afflicted,
and he has not mhidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he ncried to him.
25From you comes my praise in the great ocongregation;
my pvows I will qperform before those who fear him.
26rThe afflicted4 shall seat and be satisfied;
those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
May your hearts tlive forever!
27All uthe ends of the earth shall remember
and turn to the Lord,
and all vthe families of the nations
shall worship before you.
28For wkingship belongs to the Lord,
and he rules over the nations.
29All xthe prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
before him shall ybow all who go down to the dust,
even the one who could not zkeep himself alive.
30Posterity shall serve him;
it shall be told of the Lord to the coming ageneration;
31they shall bcome and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet cunborn,
that he has done it.
Copyright © 2024, Alistair Begg. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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