Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. Psalm 22:11
Psalm 22 can best be described as a lament by David, but Bible scholars disagree over which point in his experience prompted David to write this lament. Some say it was while David was being pursued by King Saul. Others suggest it was when David was betrayed by Doeg and the Ziphites in 1 Samuel 22. Yet others insist it was written when David was fleeing from his rebellious son Absalom. In any case, David’s deep sense of helplessness is evident in the use of his term ‘there is none to help’. He spoke for himself, but he also spoke in prophecy for the Lord Jesus.
There was none to help. Remember the garden scene in which the temple mob came with Judas to arrest Jesus. We read these words ‘Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled – Matthew 26:56. The Saviour was left alone to be seized by the mob, to be dragged before the high priest, and then to Pilate, and then to Golgotha. His only companions in crucifixion were malefactors suffering in similar fashion. Even their presence was obliterated by the intense darkness that hid the reality of the Lord laying on Him the iniquity of us all. There was none to help.
Nor was there any who could help. We know the purpose of our Saviour’s mission to Calvary was to purchase our redemption in drops of His own precious blood. None could accompany Him there, because we are all guilty and unfit for sacrifice. As the Psalmist said, ‘None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him -Psalm 49:7. With none able to help, our Saviour must bear the burden alone.
‘When He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high’ Hebrews 1:3 -Jim MacIntosh
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