Psalms 22:24 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Psalms 22:22–26
• Psalms 22:1–31

Read Psalms 22:24 with 22:22–26 and 22:1–31. Read alone, “For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted” could lose the individual voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 22:22–26, the individual voice carries the movement “The answered sufferer leads communal praise” as part of “Forsaken cry becomes public praise.” Its lament-thanksgiving form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.

Why This Verse Appears Here

Psalms 22:22–26 answers or redirects “Animal images, bodily collapse, and urgent rescue” within Psalm 22 by carrying “The answered sufferer leads communal praise.” The turn from “Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns” to “I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee” explains why this movement occurs here. Within that relationship, Psalm 22:24 supplies a reason or consequence through “For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted” and must be read with the claim it supports.