When King David is anointed to be the second king of Israel in 1 Samuel, chapter 16, God says to Samuel these words in verse 7, “But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look on [Eliab’s] appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance but the Lord looks on the heart.’” David would prove to be the greatest of all the kings, yet his life was filled with misery and wrongful malicious acts. In Psalm 22, David cries to God from a heart that is broken because of the circumstances which face him. Psalm 22 also has a much deeper meaning than the trouble or strife of David.
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