22:30 A whole generation 1 will serve him;
they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord. 2
For the music director; according to the tune “Morning Doe;” 4 a psalm of David.
22:1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? 5
I groan in prayer, but help seems far away. 6
A prayer 8 of David.
16:1 Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you. 9
1 tn Heb “offspring.”
2 tn Heb “it will be told concerning the Lord to the generation.” The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
3 sn Psalm 22. The psalmist cries out to the Lord for deliverance from his dangerous enemies, who have surrounded him and threaten his life. Confident that the Lord will intervene, he then vows to thank the Lord publicly for his help and anticipates a time when all people will recognize the Lord’s greatness and worship him.
4 tn Heb “according to the doe of the dawn.” Apparently this refers to a particular musical tune or style.
5 sn From the psalmist’s perspective it seems that God has abandoned him, for he fails to answer his cry for help (vv. 1b-2).
6 tn Heb “far from my deliverance [are] the words of my groaning.” The Hebrew noun שְׁאָגָה (shÿ’agah) and its related verb שָׁאַג (sha’ag) are sometimes used of a lion’s roar, but they can also describe human groaning (see Job 3:24 and Pss 32:3 and 38:8.
7 sn Psalm 16. The psalmist seeks divine protection because he has remained loyal to God. He praises God for his rich blessings, and is confident God will vindicate him and deliver him from death.
8 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term מִכְתָּם (mikhtam) is uncertain. HALOT 582-83 s.v. defines it as “inscription.”
9 tn The Hebrew perfect verbal form probably refers here to a completed action with continuing results (see 7:1; 11:1).