Used by Permission. Burden suggests three thoughts. I trow not. The version of the LXX. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it! Joseph Benson's Commentary. That portion thus assigned to “us,” we are directed to “cast upon the Lord;” that is, we are to look to him to enable us to do or to bear it. R. Solomon maketh this God’s answer to David’s prayers, Spiritus sanctus sic respondit, saith he. 1801-1803. We kneel, and sigh, and pray about our burden, that we may cast it on the Lord, but we don’t do it. What is casting?—It needs an effort to believe. And there are some burdens which perplex the spirit, and hinder its outlook, which, when we take them to the Lord, pass away like mist in the sunny light of the morning. There are some burdens which pass away, even while they are being recounted. They evaporate in the telling! (22) Burden.—A word peculiar to this passage, probably meaning “gift,” hence “lot” or “condition.” The Talmud, however, uses the word as meaning “burden” and the LXX. Now, we want that truth to go sinking down through the soul, that God is not only my Creator but my Father; my Father, who cannot help loving me and caring for me everywhere and in everything. Explanation and Commentary on Psalm 55:22 The Psalmist is in great distress because a trusted friend has betrayed him and set his face against him. Compare Psalm 37:24. 2. Their name is legion. 3. "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". Sickness, poverty, bereavement. "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged". 2. says the son of Sirach. 2. (Morgan Dix, D. D.). BibliographyGill, John. The words which he subjoins, And he shall feed thee, clearly confirm that view of the passage which I have given above. Psalm 55:22. Some burdens are permitted to remain. Who are not included in these? All of us have some service to render. And thus are we brought to God, as the best on whom to cast the burden, for the simple reason that none else but He can give us relief. (N. Emmons, D. D.). By reason of the load that presses on us we cannot move on in the path of life. Some years ago I was staying in a Swiss city, and from the windows of my hotel I looked out on the bridge that crossed the Rhine. Subject as we are in this life to manifold wants, we too often yield ourselves up to disquietude and anxiety. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. So, then, on the Lord’s part and on ours here is something to be done. (321) Most interpreters read thy burden, but they assign no reason for this rendering. It highly concerns them to call upon His name. Megillah, fol. Those which he bears ill common with all men. But Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Kimchi, interpret the word by משאך, "thy burden", which is learnt from the use of it in the Arabic language. (Mark Guy Pearse.). Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. He “will not break the bruised reed, nor,” etc. 3. If a friend of mine has some anxiety of which I can relieve him, and I say, “Now, I will see to that matter. It needs an effort to believe. But Psalm 55:22 also encourages us to "cast [our] burden on the LORD". As it is “his” appointment, we should receive it, and submit to it, without complaining; as it is “his” appointment, we may feel assured that no more has been laid upon us than is commensurate with our ability, our condition, our usefulness, our salvation. And he shall sustain thee - He shall bear both thee and thy burden. A commentary that takes into consideration the entire Bible, however, reveals Psalm 22 to contain a detailed prophecy of how Jesus dies on the cross to pay the death penalty due for our sins (see John 3:16), including those highlighted below and explained further below (also see Isaiah 53 commentary). Smith.). It may be concerning temporal things, or spiritual, or both. But this does not give the genuine meaning of the words. Or, Whatever it is that thou desirest God should give thee, leave it to him to give it thee in his own way and time. IV. The prevalence of sin in the world, the difficulties attending the diffusion of Gospel truth, and the temptations which militate against a godly life, are burdens which all Christians are to bear in common. II. He directs his speech to himself, or to his own soul, as he often does in this book, and withal to all good men in like circumstances. The Biblical Illustrator. Cast thy burden upon the Lord - This may be regarded as an address of the psalmist to himself, or to his own soul - an exhortation to himself to roll all his care upon the Lord, and to be calm. God will carry both thee and thy load. 4. Friendship is an uncertain thing; it is often too frail to bear rude handling, A man to be a real helper ought to be wise and good, a true and faithful guide, calm, strong, learned, prudent. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/sbc/psalms-55.html. Time does not lessen the weakness. He cast thy lot for thee, cast thy lot on him.