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For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet.
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A Prophecy of the Cross
Commentators overwhelmingly affirm that "they pierced my hands and my feet" is a direct and stunningly accurate prophecy of Jesus' crucifixion. Scholars like Barnes and Spurgeon note this was written centuries before crucifixion was a common Roman practice in Judea and that this could not have literally happened to David. Its fulfillment in Christ is presented as powerful evidence of the Bible's divine inspiration.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For dogs have compassed me - Men who resemble dogs; harsh, snarling, fierce, ferocious. See (Philippians 3:2), note; an…
19th Century
Anglican
Dogs. —Literally, barkers. (For the wild scavenger dogs of the East, compare to 1 Kings 12:19 and following.)…
Baptist
For dogs have compassed me:
There is the vulgar crowd, the common multitude, howling at him, and eager for his blood.
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16th Century
Protestant
They have pierced my hands and my feet. The original word, which we have translated they have pierced, is כארי, caari, w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For dogs have compassed me By whom are meant wicked men, as the following clause shows; and so the Chaldee paraphras…
In these verses, we see Christ suffering and Christ praying, which directs us to expect suffering and to look up to God amidst it. The specific man…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the previous psalms, the sufferings which David endured from his son and from Saul seemed to be addressed. Now here, in the third set …
