Psalms Chapter 22 Verse 1
22:1 To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
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Posted by JHenry at 2009-06-06 08:35:00
David instructs the chief musician to play this to the tune of "A doe at dawn." As today, tunes were rarer than lyrics. The US national anthem, for example, was put to the tune of an old British drinking song. As with that song, David's instructions have nothing to do with the MEANING of the song itself.
This verse was alluded to by Jesus as he hung dying upon the cross. His cry, in anguish, called attention to the whole psalm which many of his tormentors were full aware. His cry in Aramaic, was confused with a call for Elijah. However "Eli" would not be an acceptable form of address to such a respected prophet. "Eli" in Hebrew is accurately a call out to God.
David, when writing this psalm, was undoubtedly going through some tough times. God has seen him through, as He would see his great Son many years later. But at the time, the whole experience was overwhelming. He would go on to describe such agony that could only be a prologue to the fulfillment in Christ. This would be the intention, it seems, for his cry from the cross.
David instructs the chief musician to play this to the tune of "A doe at dawn." As today, tunes were rarer than lyrics. The US national anthem, for example, was put to the tune of an old British drinking song. As with that song, David's instructions have nothing to do with the MEANING of the song itself.
This verse was alluded to by Jesus as he hung dying upon the cross. His cry, in anguish, called attention to the whole psalm which many of his tormentors were full aware. His cry in Aramaic, was confused with a call for Elijah. However "Eli" would not be an acceptable form of address to such a respected prophet. "Eli" in Hebrew is accurately a call out to God.
David, when writing this psalm, was undoubtedly going through some tough times. God has seen him through, as He would see his great Son many years later. But at the time, the whole experience was overwhelming. He would go on to describe such agony that could only be a prologue to the fulfillment in Christ. This would be the intention, it seems, for his cry from the cross.
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