Psalms 22:15

“Let not the water flood overflow me, etc.] The enemy, Satan, that came in like a flood upon him, with his whole posse of devils; or the wrath of God, which came upon him like a flood overwhelming him: neither let the deep swallow me up: as Jonah by the whale, and Dathan and Abiram in the earth: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me; either the pit of hell; so the Targum interprets it: for Christ, when he endured the curses of the law, and the wrath of God, suffered the same for kind as the damned in hell; only the mouth of this pit could not be shut upon him, or he be continued under such wrath and curse: or else the pit of the grave, where his divine Father left him not, or suffered…”

“the dust of death--of course, denotes the grave. We need not try to find the exact counterpart of each item of the description in the particulars of our Saviour's sufferings. Figurative language resembles pictures of historical scenes, presenting substantial truth, under illustrations, which, though not essential to the facts, are not inconsistent with them. Were any portion of Christ's terrible sufferings specially designed, it was doubtless that of the garden of Gethsemane.”

“Dried - I have in a manner no more moisture left in me, than is in a dry potsherd. Cleaveth - Through excessive thirst and drought. Death - Thy providence, delivering me into the power of mine enemies, and by thy terrors in my soul. Psalms 22:16”

“22:15 Facing adversity is as horrible as dying of thirst (see 137:6). • Jesus may have had this verse in mind when he said, “I am thirsty” (John 19:28).”

“strength: Psa 32:3, Psa 32:4; Pro 17:22 tongue: Psa 69:3, Psa 69:21; Job 29:10; Lam 4:4; Joh 19:28 into the: Psa 30:9, Psa 104:29; Gen 3:19, Gen 18:27; Job 7:21, Job 10:9, Job 34:15; Isa 53:12; Dan 12:2; Mat 27:50; Co1 15:3 Psalms 22:16”