Psalms 22:24

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted,.... That is, Christ, who was afflicted by men, both by their tongues, and by their hands; by devils, by the temptations of Satan…

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted - This expresses the belief that his prayer had been heard. The fact that he had been thus heard is here assigned to be the ground…

The same that began the psalm complaining, who was no other than Christ in his humiliation, ends it here triumphing, and it can be no other than Christ in his exaltation. And, as the first words of…

For he hath not despisedas men do (Psa 22:22) nor abhorredas something loathsome and abominable (Isa 49:7, though the word here is even stronger) the affliction of the afflicted. Cp. Psa 69:33. The…