“ Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. ”
Be not far from me - Do not withdraw from me; do not leave or forsake me. For trouble is near - Near, in the sense that deep sorrow has come upon me; near, in the sense that I am approaching...
XXII. This Ps. (p. 372) consists of two parts. In Psalms 22:1-21 a godly man in deep and manifold distress complains that the God of his fathers, the God who has been with him from the beginning,...
none to help. Compare Psalms 69:20 . He was alone in this wondrous work.
11. Depart not far from me. Here he employs another argument to induce God to show him mercy, alleging that he is sorely pressed and hemmed in by the greatest distress. He doubtless set befo...
DISCOURSE: 527 THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST Psalms 22:11-21 . Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help. Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me r...
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. Be not far from me; for trouble is near - A present God is a present blessing. We always need the Divine help; but more especia...
For there is none to help— See Isaiah 53:3 ; Isaiah 63:3 . John 16:32 .
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. Be not far from me. The NEARNESS of the trouble, which is all but sinking Him down, is mournfully contrasted with God being...
The Ps. has two sections, in the first of which ( Psalms 22:1-21 ) the writer earnestly seeks God's help in a time of extreme trouble, while in the second ( Psalms 22:22-31 ) he breaks into a song of...
Psalms 22:1-31 WHO is the sufferer whose wail is the very voice of desolation and despair, and who yet dares to believe that the tale of his sorrow will be a gospel for the world? The usual answer...
the Cry of the Forsaken Psalms 22:1-15 The Hebrew inscription of this exquisite ode is, “The hind of the morning.” The hind is the emblem of loveliness; see Song of Solomon 2:7 ; Song of Solo...
Whatever may have been the local conditions creating this psalm, it has become so perfectly and properly associated with the one Son of God that it is almost impossible to read it in any other way. T...
Here Christ evidently throws himself upon the covenant engagements. Isaiah 43:1-4 ; Psalms 89:21-22 .
Psalms 22 Proper Psalm for Good Friday ( Morning ). Psalms 22, 23 = Day 4 ( Evening ).
Be not far from me ,.... Who had been so near unto him, as to take him out of the womb, and to take the care of him ever since; this is to be understood not with respect to the omnipresence of God,...
Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none to help. Ver. 11. Be not far from me, for trouble is near ] And so it is high time for thee to put forth a helping hand. Hominibus p...
Be not far from me As to affection and succour; for trouble is near At hand, and ready to swallow me up; for there is none to help Thy help therefore will be the more seasonable, because it is...
The Sufferings of the Messiah; The Messiah Supported in His Sufferings. 11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near...
Be not far from me, to wit, as to affection and succour. Trouble is near at hand , and ready to swallow me up; and therefore if thou dost not speedily deliver me, it will be too late; which is a...
‘Do not be far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.' So in His extremity He cried that God would not be too far from Him. For He was aware of what He must face, and that there wa...
INTRODUCTION “The subject of this psalm is the deliverance of a righteous sufferer from his enemies, and the effect of this deliverance on others. It is so framed as to be applied without violence t...
You will not need any comment on this Psalm if, while we read it, you see Christ on the cross, and you think that you hear him uttering these sacred words. This Psalm is dedicated» to the Chief Music...
Psalms 22:1 . My God, my God. The LXX, Ο Θεος ο Θεος μου. The Chaldaic is like the English. The Hebrew forms the superlative degree by repetition. Example: “The heaven, and the heaven of heavens c...
My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? The prophetic image of the Prince of sufferers Who is the sufferer whose wail is the very voice of desolation and despair, and who yet dares to believ...
EXPOSITION THERE is no psalm which has raised so much controversy as this. Admitted to be Messianic by the early Hebrew commentators, it is by some understood wholly of David; by others, appli...
The Messiah in His Great Passion. A Prophecy of the Messiah's Suffering. To the chief musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, that is, "Of the hind of the dawn," a psalm of David. The words "Of the hind...
Deuteronomy 32:36 ; Hebrews 5:7 ; John 16:32 ; Matthew 26:56 ; Matthew 26:72 ; Matthew 26:74 ; Psalms 10:1 ; Psalms 13:1-3 ; Psalms 35:22 ; Psalms 38:21 ; Psalms 69:1 ; Psalms 69:18 ; Ps...