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Psalm 22

Dauid cõplained becauſe he was broght into ſuche extremities, that he was paſt all hope, but after he had rehearſed the ſorowes & griefs, wherewith he was vexed, 10 He recouereth him ſelf frõ the bottomles pit of tentations and groweth in hope. And here vnder his owne perſone he ſetteth forthe the figure of Chriſt, whome he did foreſe by the Spirit of prophecie, that he ſhulde maruelouſly, & ſtrangely be deiected, & abaſed, before his Father ſhulde raiſe & exalte him againe
¶ To him that excelleth vpon Aiiéleth Haſſhahar. A Pſalme of Dauid.
1.MY God, my God, why haſt thou forſaken me, & art ſo farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my roaring?
2.O my God, I crye by daie, but thou heareſt not, & by night, but haue no audiẽce.
3.But thou art holie, and doeſt inhabite the praiſes of Iſraél.
4.Our fathers truſted in thee: they truſted, and thou dideſt deliuer them.
5.They called vpon thee, and were deliuered: they truſted in thee, and were not cõfounded.
6.But I am a worme, & not a man: a ſhame of men, and the contẽpt of the people.
7.All they that ſe me, haue me in deriſion: they make a mowe & nod the head, ſaying,
8. He truſted in the Lord, let him deliuer him: let him ſaue him, ſeĩg he loueth him.
9.But yͧ dideſt drawe me out of the wombe: thou gaueſt me hope, euen at my mothers breaſts.
10.I was caſt vpon thee, euen from the wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.
11.Be not farre from me, becauſe trouble is nere: for there is none to helpe me.
12.Manie yong bulles haue compaſſed me: mightie bulles of Baſhán haue cloſed me about.
13.They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lion.
14.I am like water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels.
15.My ſtrẽgth is dryed vp like a potſheard, and my tongue cleueth to my iawes, and yͧ haſt broght me into the duſt of death.
16.For dogges haue compaſſed me, & the aſſemblie of the wicked haue incloſed me: they perced mine hands and my fete.
17.I maie tel all my bones: yet thei beholde, and loke vpon me.
18.They parte my garments among them, and caſt lottes vpon my veſture.
19.But be not thou farre of, ô Lord, my ſtrength: haſten to helpe me.
20.Deliuer my ſoule from the ſworde: my deſolate ſoule from the power of the dog.
21.Saue me from the lions mouth, and anſwer me in ſauing me from the hornes of the vnicornes.
22.I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregaciõ wil I praiſe thee, ſaying,
23.Praiſe the Lord, ye that feare him: magnifie ye him, all the ſede of Iaakób, & feare ye him, all the ſede of Iſraél.
24.For he hathe not deſpiſed nor abhorred yͦ affliction of the poore: nether hathe he hid his face from him, but when he called vnto him, he heard.
25.My praiſe ſhalbe of thee in the great Cõgregation: my vowes wil I performe before them that feare him.
26.The poore ſhal eat and be ſatiſfied: thei that ſeke after the Lord, ſhal praiſe him: your heart ſhal liue for euer.
27.All the ends of the worlde ſhal remembre them ſelues, and turne to the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations ſhal worſhip before thee.
28.For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.
29.All thei that be fat in the earth, ſhal eat and worſhip: all they that go downe into the duſt, ſhal bowe before him, euen he that can not quicken his owne ſoule.
30.Their ſede ſhal ſerue him: it ſhalbe coũted vnto the Lord for a generation.
31.Thei ſhal come, & ſhal declare his righteouſnes vnto a people that ſhal be borne, becauſe he hathe done it.

Notes

1:".
Or, the hinde of the morning & this was the name of ſome commune ſong
1:a.
Here appeareth that horrible cõflict, which he ſuſteined betwene faith & deſperation
1:b.
Being tormented with extreme anguiſh
2:".
Or, I ceaſe not.
3:c.
He meaneth the place of praiſing, euen the Tabernacle: or els it is ſo called, becauſe he gaue yͦ people cõtinually occaſiõ to praiſe him
6:d.
And ſeming moſte miſerable of all creatures, wͨ was moſte of Chriſt
8:".
Ebr. relied vpõ God
8:*.
Matt 27,43.
9:e.
Euen frõ my birth thou haſt giuen me occaſion to truſt in thee
10:f.
For except Gods prouidẽce preſerue yͦ infants, they ſhulde periſh a thouſand times in the mothers wombe
12:g.
He meaneth, that his enemies were ſo fat, proude and cruel, that they were rather beaſtes then men
14:h.
Before, he ſpake of the crueltie of his enemies, and now he declareth the inwarde griefs of yͦ minde, ſo that Chriſt was tormented, bothe in ſoule and bodie.
15:i.
Thou haſt ſuffred me to be without all hope of life.
16:k.
Thus Dauid cõplaineth as thogh he were nailed by his enemies bothe hands & fete: but this was accompliſhed in Chriſt
20:l.
My life yͦ is ſolitarie, left alone & forſake of all, Pſal. 35,17, & 25,16.
21:m.
Chriſt is deliuered wͨ a more mightie deliuerance by ouercomming death, then if he had not taſted death at all
22:*.
Ebr.2,12.
23:n.
He promiſeth to exhort the Church yͦ thei by his example might praiſe yͦ Lord
24:o.
The poore afflicted are cõforted by this exãple of Dauid, or Chriſt.
25:p.
Which were ſacrifices of thankesgiuĩg, which they offred by Gods commandemẽt when thei were deliuered out of any great danger.
26:q.
He doeth allude ſtil to the ſacrifice
29:r.
Thogh yͦ poore be firſt named, as ver 26, yet yͦ welthie are not ſeparated frõ the grace of Chriſtes kingdome.
29:s.
In whome there is no hope that he ſhal recouer life: ſo nother poore nor riche, quicke nor dead ſhalbe reiected from his kingdome
30:t.
Meaning the poſteritie, wͨ the Lord kepeth as a ſede to the Church to continue his praiſe among men
31:u.
That is, God hathe fulfilled his promes.