“But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.”
The affirmation that You are holy and dwell in the praises of Israel establishes God's holiness and the connection to God through worship. The holiness suggests God's transcendent moral perfection. The dwelling in praises suggests God's presence in the community's worship. This verse juxtaposes God's holiness with the speaker's distress, establishing the paradox central to the lament.
Church Fathers on Psalms 22:3
To the end, for the taking up of the morning, a psalm of David. 1. “To the end,” for His own resurrection, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself speaks. John 20:1-17 For in the morning on the first day of the week was His resurrection, whereby He was taken up, into eternal life, “Over whom death shall have no more dominion.” Romans 6:9 Now what follows is spoken in the person of The Crucified. For from the head of this Psalm are the words, which He cried out, while hanging on the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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