--- title: "Psalms 22 - Study King James Bible with bullingers companion bible notes" description: "Read Psalms 22 with bullingers companion bible notes commentary. 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/psalms/22" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/22)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/22)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/22) Audio 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? *why art thou so* far from helping me, *and from* the words of my roaring?** 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.* 3 But thou *art* holy, *O thou* that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I *am* a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, *saying*,* 8 He trusted on the LORD *that* he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.** 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.* 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou *art* my God from my mother’s belly. 11 Be not far from me; for trouble *is* near; for *there is* none to help.* 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong *bulls* of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gaped upon me *with* their mouths, *as* a ravening and a roaring lion.* 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.* 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. 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*. [Psalms 21](/study/psalms/21) [Psalms 23](/study/psalms/23) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Title. A Psalm.** See App-65 . **of David** = relating to or concerning David's Son and David *'* s Lord ([Matthew 22:41-45](/kjv/matthew/22/41-45) ). "The root and the offspring of David" ([Revelation 22:16](/kjv/revelation/22/16) ). David "being a prophet and knowing . . . spake of". These three Psalms ([Psalms 22:0](/kjv/psalms/22/0) , [Psalms 23:0](/kjv/psalms/23/0) , [Psalms 24:0](/kjv/psalms/24/0) ) relate to the sufferings and the glory of "the Man Christ Jesus." [Psalms 22:0](/kjv/psalms/22/0) = The Good Shepherd on Earth, in Death ([John 10:11](/kjv/john/10/11) ). [Psalms 23:0](/kjv/psalms/23/0) = The Great Shepherd, in Heaven, by Resurrection ([Hebrews 13:20](/kjv/hebrews/13/20) ). [Psalms 24:0](/kjv/psalms/24/0) = The Chief Shepherd, coming in His Glory to earth and Zion, again ([1 Peter 5:4](/kjv/1-peter/5/4) .[Revelation 19:0](/kjv/revelation/19/0) ). See the Structure (p. 721). [Psalms 22:0](/kjv/psalms/22/0) is Christ as the sin offering; [Psalms 40:0](/kjv/psalms/40/0) , as the burnt offering; [Psalms 69:0](/kjv/psalms/69/0) , as the trespass offering. **My GOD, my GOD.** Hebrew my El ( App-4 . IV). God as Almighty in relation to the *creature* ; not Jehovah ( App-4 .), in covenant relation with His servant. Quoted in [Matthew 27:46](/kjv/matthew/27/46) . [Mark 15:34](/kjv/mark/15/34) . The Psalm is Christ's prayer and plea on the Cross. It begins with "My God, my God" ([Matthew 27:46](/kjv/matthew/27/46) . [Mark 15:34](/kjv/mark/15/34) ), and it ends with "It is finished". See note on [Psalms 22:31](/kjv/psalms/22/31) , and compare [John 19:30](/kjv/john/19/30) . If the Lord uttered the whole of this Psalm on the cross, the dying malefactor must have "heard", and believed ([Romans 10:17](/kjv/romans/10/17) ). Compare [Luke 23:32](/kjv/luke/23/32) , [Luke 23:40-42](/kjv/luke/23/40-42) . The "kingdom" had been referred to by Christ in [Psalms 22:22-30](/kjv/psalms/22/22-30) . See note on "roaring", below. The Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* ( App-6 ) is used for solemn emphasis. **roaring** = lamentation. Hebrew. *sha'ag =* spoken of a lion, and of thunder. [Note:Some versions of the Companion Bible text have the comment below, but the originally published book I have does not.] It is believed by some scholars (including this humble student) that our Lord actually quoted all, or, most of this Psalm while hanging on the Cross. 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