Psalmen 22:8

8 Allen, die mij zien, bespotten mij; zij steken de lip uit, zij schudden het hoofd, zeggende:

Psalmen 22:8 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 22:8

He trusted on the Lord, [that] he would deliver him
Not that they spoke in a deriding way of the object of his trust, for, as impious as they were, this they did not do; but of his trust in the Lord, which they looked upon to be a false one, as would appear by his not being delivered, as he trusted; but his confidence was a well grounded one, though jeered at by these men, and he was delivered in the Lord's own time and way from all his enemies, and out of all his troubles;

let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him;
this is another ironical sarcastic flout, not at God, but at Christ, and at his profession of trust in God, his claim of interest in his favour, and of relation to him as being the Son of his love, in whom he was well pleased; he always was the delight of his Father; he expressed his well pleasedness in him at his baptism, and transfiguration on the mount; he took pleasure in him while he was suffering and dying in the room and stead of his people; and he delivered him, raised him from the dead, and brought him into a large place, because he delighted in him, ( Psalms 18:19 ) ; These very words were said by the Jews concerning Christ, as he hung upon the cross, ( Matthew 27:43 ) .

Psalmen 22:8 In-Context

6 Tot U hebben zij geroepen, en zijn uitgered; op U hebben zij vertrouwd, en zijn niet beschaamd geworden.

7 Maar ik ben een worm en geen man, een smaad van mensen, en veracht van het volk.

8 Allen, die mij zien, bespotten mij; zij steken de lip uit, zij schudden het hoofd, zeggende:

9 Hij heeft het op den HEERE gewenteld, dat Hij hem nu uithelpe, dat Hij hem redde, dewijl Hij lust aan hem heeft!

10 Gij zijt het immers, Die mij uit den buik hebt uitgetogen; Die mij hebt doen vertrouwen, zijnde aan mijner moeders borsten.