Psalm 22:2
2 O my God, ['elohiym] I cry [qara'] in the daytime, [yowmam]
but thou hearest [`anah] not; and in the night
season, [layil] and am not silent. [duwmiyah] KJV-Interlinear
2 O my
God, I cry by day, but Thou dost not answer; And by night, but I have no rest. NASB
Daytime, means during the
daytime hours and refers to incessant plea, or all day long.
Night season, refers to
constant and repetitive, or constantly.
Oh my God, is an
expression of tremendous pressure, wherein the person praying is in an extreme
state and calls upon to the only one who can help.
Hear not, ‘anah,’ means
that God takes no action in response to the prayer, but instead allows the
pressure or suffering, to continue. God
hears every prayer, but there are times when no action is the correct response.
This psalm is Messianic
in nature.
It describes the pressure
that was applied to Jesus during the crucifixion. It describes the policy of God regarding the
continuation of the crucifixion without interruption.
Jesus prayed constantly
and continually, day and night, to let us know that this was an intense time
and event. It was the most extreme event
in all of history, and yet Jesus endured it voluntarily, ‘Not my will but thy
will,’ as referred to the plan of the Father, the divine plan to secure the salvation
opportunity for everyone.
While on the cross, Jesus
prayed during the hours of light, when he was on the cross, but prior to the
time period of the judgment. He prayed
constantly during the darkness hours, when the judgment was being applied.
There was no silence,
indicates that His prayers were continual and He never let up.
So, even though Jesus
Himself was enduring the many pains and sufferings of the cross, He did not let
go of prayer.
Even though God the
Father, who is the proper person to whom all prayers are offered, heard all of
the prayers, and especially from His own Trinity companion, who had the title
of Son of God, He still withheld an answer to alleviate Jesus from those
sufferings, because the purpose of the cross which was established in eternity
past, was more important than the request of the individual.
No one and nothing, not
even God, was going to alter, or change, or terminate the crucifixion. Its purpose was more important than anything
else. The event of the cross was the
cornerstone event of all of history.
Without it, history had no purpose.
We would have no purpose.
God created man to spend
time and live with God, for all of eternity, as a completed man.
Sin stood in the way of
that destiny. Therefore, sin had to be
dealt with and removed in order for Gods plan to continue and succeed.
No one could accomplish
that plan, except God.
