Psa 22:1 <To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.> My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Psa 22:2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Psa 22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Psa 22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
Psa 22:5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Psa 22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Psa 22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Psa 22:8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Psa 22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
Psa 22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
Psa 22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Psa 22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Psa 22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Psa 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psa 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psa 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Psa 22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
Psa 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Psa 22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Psa 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
Psa 22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Psa 22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Psa 22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
Psa 22:24 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.
Psa 22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Psa 22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Psa 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Psa 22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
Psa 22:29 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.
Psa 22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Psa 22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
Psalm 22 was written about 1000 yrs before Christ was born. An interesting point is that the first historical record of a crucifixion is from the 6th century BC. So it seems that this Psalm was written hundreds of yrs before there ever was a practice of crucifixion.
__________________ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Bro Reb, I really find this Psalm to be some pretty heavy evidence in regards to proving the bible/the gospels/Christ. Sudying the content of this Psalm takes the idea away from one that may feel that the bible is just a collection of books written by men and shows that it is truely the word of God.
__________________ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Great point you make here bro.
Do you have any knowledge of the Hebrew language? I don't as I can barely converse in english. I am wondering about verse 3 "O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel". Can praises be translated as worship without changing the scriptures? Do they come from different root words with different meanings? Anyone having knowledge in Hebrew can send me a PM if it is going to sidetrack this post. Thanks
Do you have any knowledge of the Hebrew language? I don't as I can barely converse in english. I am wondering about verse 3 "O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel". Can praises be translated as worship without changing the scriptures? Do they come from different root words with different meanings? Anyone having knowledge in Hebrew can send me a PM if it is going to sidetrack this post. Thanks
Hey Bro Snooky, Don't worry about sidetracking . . .I'm not headed in any particular direction. From what I can tell "praises" and "worship" come from different root words. My wife is pretty good with Hebrew but she isn't here right now. Just going by my Strongs Hebrew Greek, I'd say offhand that it would be something of a technical stetch to use the words interchangably here. I say that . . .and I'm thinking . . .isn't praise worship?
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Yes Leaf,
That is a prophetic psalm concerning the future of Christ and it was written quite a few years before His birth.
Chuck
Exactly Chuck, and what strikes me as so possibly awesome is that more than likely several hundred yrs before crucifixion was a practice . . .much less a common practice.
__________________ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Psalm 22
