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4. God will forsake Christ in his moment of agony 22:1 Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34 5. Christ will be scorned and ridiculed 22:7–8 Matt. 27:39–43; Luke 23:35 6. Christ's hands and feet will be pierced 22:16 John 20:25, 27; Acts 2:23 7. Others will gamble for Christ's clothes 22:18 Matt. 27:35–36 8. Not one of Christ's bones will be broken 34:20 John 19:32, 33, 36 9. Christ will be hated unjustly 35:19 John 15:25 10. Christ will come to do God's will 40:7–8 Heb. 10:7 11. Christ will be betrayed by a friend 41:9 John 13:18 12. Christ's throne will be eternal 45:6 Heb. 1:8 13. Christ will ascend to heaven 68:18 Eph. 4:8 14. Zeal for God's temple will consume Christ 69:9 John 2:17 15. Christ will be given vinegar and gall 69:21 Matt. 27:34; John 19:28–30 16. Christ's betrayer will be replaced 109:8 Acts 1:20 17. Christ's enemies will bow down to him 110:1 Acts 2:34–35 18. Christ will be a priest like Melchizedek 110:4 Heb. 5:6; 6:20; 7:17 19. Christ will be the chief cornerstone 118:22 Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11 20. Christ will come in the name of the Lord 118:26 Matt. 21:9 ©1997 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
PSALMS—NOTE ON 16:1 Preserve me. This is a frequent request begging God to protect the psalmist (cf. 17:8; 140:4; 141:9).
PSALMS—NOTE ON 16:2 I have no good apart from you. I.e., "My well-being is entirely dependent upon you."
PSALMS—NOTE ON 16:4 He will have nothing to do with false gods or the people pursuing them.
PSALMS—NOTE ON 16:5–6 These lines use OT metaphors to describe the blessing of God.
PSALMS—NOTE ON 16:9 my whole being. Starting back at v. 7, the psalmist referred to his core of being as "my heart," now "my whole being" (or "my glory," esv footnote) and next "my flesh" and "my soul." The anthropological terms stand for the whole person, so it is best to consider "my whole being" or "my glory" as referring to that distinctive way in which man is created in the image of God, i.e., his intelligence and ability to speak.
PSALMS—NOTE ON 16:10 These words expressed the confidence of the lesser David, but were applied messianically to the resurrection of the Greater David