--- title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5" author: "John Calvin" translator: "James Anderson" languages: [en] shelf: "Commentaries" section: 46 of 159 url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/46/ cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 46. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/46/" --- # Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5 *John Calvin, tr. James Anderson* Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5. ## 46. Psalm 22 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/46/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/46/#p-N [¶0] To the Chief Musician. Upon the hind of the morning. A Psalm Of David [¶1] 1 My God! my God! why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou] far from my help, from the words of my roaring? [¶2] 2 O my God! I cry by day, and thou dost not hear: And in the night, and am not silent. [¶3] 3 Yet thou art holy, Inhabiting the praises of Israel. [¶4] 4 In thee trust did our fathers: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. [¶5] 5 To thee they cried, and were saved: In thee they trusted, and were not put to shame. [¶6] 6 But I am a worm, and not a man; The reproach of men, and despised of the people. [¶7] 7 All who see me scoff at me: They thrust out the lip, they shake the head. [¶8] 8 “He hath devolved,” say they, “upon Jehovah, his cause, let him rescue him, “Let him deliver him, since he hath a favor for him.” [¶9] 9 Surely it is thou who didst take me out of the womb, Causing me to confide upon the breasts of my mother. [¶10] 10 Upon thee I was cast from the womb: From the belly of my mother my God art thou. [¶11] 11 Depart not far from me, for trouble is near, For there is no helper. [¶12] 12 Encompassed me have bulls [that are] strong, The bulls of Bashan have beset me. [¶13] 13 They have opened upon me their mouth, As a lion ravening and roaring. [¶14] 14 Like water I have flowed, And disjointed have been all my bones: My heart hath been like wax, It hath been melted in the midst of my bowels. [¶15] 15 Dried up as a potsherd hath been my strength, And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And to the dust of death thou hast brought me. [¶16] 16 For encompassed me have dogs; The assembly of the wicked have surrounded me: They have pierced my hands and my feet. [¶17] 17 I will count all my bones; As for them they look and gaze upon me. [¶18] 18 They divide my garments among them; Upon my vesture they cast the lot. [¶19] 19 And thou, O Jehovah! be not far from me; Thou who art my strength, to my aid hasten. [¶20] 20 Rescue from the sword my soul; From the hand of the dog my only one. [¶21] 21 Save me from the mouth of the lion, And from the horns of unicorns do thou hear me. [¶22] 22 I will declare thy name to my brethren; In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee. [¶23] 23 Saying, “Ye who fear Jehovah praise him: “All ye the seed of Jacob glorify him: “And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel. [¶24] 24 “For he hath not despised nor disdained the poor; “Nor hath he hidden his face from him; “And when he cried to him, he heard him.” [¶25] 25 From thee shall proceed my praise in the congregation great; My vows will I pay before them that fear him. [¶26] 26 Eat shall the poor, and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah who seek him; Your heart shall live for ever. [¶27] 27 Remember and turn to Jehovah shall all the ends of the earth; And prostrate themselves before his face shall all the tribes of the Gentiles. [¶28] 28 For Jehovah’s is the kingdom, That he may have dominion among the Gentiles. [¶29] 29 Eat and worship shall all the fat ones of the earth: Before his face shall bow all who are going down to the dust; And he who his own soul doth not quicken. [¶30] 30 Their seed shall serve him, It shall be registered to the Lord for a generation. [¶31] 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness, To a people that shall be born, because he hath done [this.],