Psalms 22:1
A Psalm of David. 1 The Lord tends me as a shepherd, 1 And I shall want nothing. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
2In a place of green grass, there he has made me dwell: 1 He has nourished me by the water of rest. 1
Cross References
Leviticus 2:6And thou shalt break them into fragments and pour oil upon them: it is a sacrifice to the Lord.
Job 3:24For my groaning comes before my food, 1 And I weep being beset with terror. 1
Psalms 16:1A Prayer of David. 1 Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness, 1 Attend to my petition; 1 Give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips. 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:1
The Spirit of Christ, which was in the prophets, testifies in this psalm, as clearly and fully as any where in all the Old Testament, "the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow" ( 1 Pet. i. 11 ); of him, no doubt, David here speaks, and not of himself, or any other man. Much of it is expressly applied to Christ in the New Testament, all of it may be applied to him, and some of it must be understood of him only. The providences of God concerning David were so very extraordinary that we may suppose… Read the whole commentary →