Discovery BoxPsalms 22:7-8 
Context22:7 All who see me taunt 1 me;
they mock me 2 and shake their heads. 3
“Commit yourself 5 to the Lord!
Let the Lord 6 rescue him!
Let the Lord 7 deliver him, for he delights in him.” 8
Psalms 22:18
Context22:18 They are dividing up my clothes among themselves;
they are rolling dice 9 for my garments.
1 tn Or “scoff at, deride, mock.”
2 tn Heb “they separate with a lip.” Apparently this refers to their verbal taunting.
3 sn Shake their heads. Apparently this refers to a taunting gesture. See also Job 16:4; Ps 109:25; Lam 2:15.
4 tn The words “they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons. The psalmist here quotes the sarcastic taunts of his enemies.
5 tn Heb “roll [yourself].” The Hebrew verb גלל here has the sense of “commit” (see Prov 16:3). The imperatival form in the Hebrew text indicates the enemies here address the psalmist. Since they refer to him in the third person in the rest of the verse, some prefer to emend the verb to a perfect, “he commits himself to the
6 tn Heb “Let him”; the referent (the
7 tn Heb “Let him”; the referent (the
8 tn That is, “for he [the
sn This statement does not necessarily reflect the enemies’ actual belief, but it does reflect the psalmist’s confession. The psalmist’s enemies sarcastically appeal to God to help him, because he claims to be an object of divine favor. However, they probably doubted the reality of his claim.
9 tn Heb “casting lots.” The precise way in which this would have been done is not certain.
