The Meaning of Psalms 22:18 Explained

Psalms 22:18

KJV: They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

YLT: They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall.

Darby: They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

ASV: They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They part  my garments  among them, and cast  lots  upon my vesture. 

What does Psalms 22:18 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalm 22:16-31 - The Testimony Of The Delivered
In the middle of Psalms 22:21 there is a remarkable change from the plaintive to the triumphant: supplication and entreaty break out into exultation; hope saves the broken harp from the hands of despair, restrings it, and extracts from it strains to which angels, on their way home to God, are constrained to listen.
He who had said, Thou hearest not, Psalms 22:2, confesses that all the while God has been hearing and helping. Now Jesus will join the saints in psalms of praise. See John 17:26 (will make it known) and Hebrews 2:12. Man may abhor a worm, but God uses worms to thresh mountains, Isaiah 41:14-15.
In the closing verses there is a sure forecast of the effects of the death on the Cross not only upon the Jews, but also upon the ends of the earth, that is, the Gentiles. The usurper shall be dethroned, Psalms 22:28; resurrection shall be accomplished, Psalms 22:29; and a spiritual seed shall satisfy the Redeemer's travail, Psalms 22:30. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalm 22

1  David complains in great discouragement
9  He prays in great distress
23  He praises God

What do the individual words in Psalms 22:18 mean?

They divide My garments among them and for My clothing they cast lots
יְחַלְּק֣וּ בְגָדַ֣י לָהֶ֑ם וְעַל־ לְ֝בוּשִׁ֗י יַפִּ֥ילוּ גוֹרָֽל

יְחַלְּק֣וּ  They  divide 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָלַק 
Sense: to divide, share, plunder, allot, apportion, assign.
בְגָדַ֣י  My  garments 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: בֶּגֶד 
Sense: treachery, deceit.
לָהֶ֑ם  among  them 
Parse: Preposition-l, Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
וְעַל־  and  for 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
לְ֝בוּשִׁ֗י  My  clothing 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: לָבוּשׁ 
Sense: clothing, garment, apparel, raiment.
יַפִּ֥ילוּ  they  cast 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
גוֹרָֽל  lots 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֹּורָל  
Sense: lot.

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