12 Truly thou shalt make them a butt for thine ar rows, * Thou shalt take a steady aim against them. [E] 13 Exalt thyself, O Jehovah, in thy strength. We will sing, and chaunt thy might. t PSALM XXII. THE SUFFERING MESSIAH PRAYS ‡. TITLE-TO THE GIVER OF VICTORY, CONCERNING THE INTERPOSITION OF THE DARKNESS. AN ODE OF DAVID. PART I. 1 "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, "Withdrawing [thyself] from my deliverance" || is the burthen of my loud complaint. [A] * Literally, "thy bow-strings." †This verse seems still addressed to the King, who is here styled Jehovah. In the 7th verse the king is spoken of, and in 9th verse spoken to, as another from Jehovah. N. B. This Psalm is referred to the Messiah in the Mischna Tchillim, and the Talmud of the Sanhedrim. See Huet. Dem. Evangel. Prop. VII. · It seems to be the best account that can be given of this Psalm, 2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, and thou answerest not ; And in the night, but no relief is given me; * [B] 3 Yet Thou, inhabiting holiness, art [the theme of] Israel's praise. [C] 4 Our fathers placed-their-trust in thee; They placed-their-trust, and thou deliveredst them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were rescued; They-placed-their-trust in thee, and were not brought-to-shame. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; The disgrace of humanity, and the scorn of the people. to say that the Psalmist personates the Messiah in the garden : first, oppressed with the foresight of the circumstances of his sufferings; then, comforted with the assurance of exaltation. * 66 -He began to be sorrowful and very heavy, -and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possi "ble let this cup pass from me, &c." Matth. XXVI, 37–39. 5 7 All who see me insult-[me] with-gestures-of-deri 8 sion,* They draw aside the lip and shake the head. "He boasted-confidently of Jehovah; Let him "deliver him, "Let him save him. Surely he delighteth in " him!" 9 Yes Thou hast been my bringer-up from the womb, My confidence, upon my mother's breasts. 10 I was-cast-upon-thy-lap from the birth, From the womb of my mother thou hast been my God. 11 Withdraw-not-thyself from me : Distress is indeed approaching; there is indeed no helper. 12 Huge bulls surround me, Strong [bulls] of Bashan form-a-ring about me. I can no otherwise render the verb arb than by this peri phrasis. 13 They-open-wide at me their mouths, Like the ravening, roaring lion. [D] 14 Like water I have-lost-all-firmness, [E] And all my bones are starting asunder. My heart is become like wax, It is dissolved in the midst of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaveth unto my jaws : Thou hast appointed me to the dust of death. 16 Truly many dogs surround me, [F] The assembly of the wicked besets me; 17 I may tell [G] all my bones; They gaze and stare upon me. 18 They are parting my garments among them, And for my vesture they are casting lots. 19 But thou, O Jehovah, withdraw not from me my aid, Hasten to my succour. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword, My UNITED ONE [H] from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the mouth of the lion, And from the horns of the unicorns PART II. *Thou hast answered me. [I] 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren; In the midst of the congregation, I will praise thee. 23 Ye that fear Jehovah praise him ; Glorify him all the seed of Jacob, And stand in awe before him [K] all the seed of 24 For he hath not scorned, nor held in aversion, the afflicted-state of the oppressed one, And he hath not hidden his face from him, But he heard when he cried unto him. *«And there appeared an Angel unto him from heaven strengthening him." Luke XXII, 43. |