Wed 28 Jul 2010
Aijeleth Shahar
The description of events surrounding the impalement of The Messiah found in the Gospels is graphic enough for most of us but there are scriptures elsewhere that provide additional perspective of the events.
The 22nd Psalm is titled “To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar – A Psalm of David.” Some commentators have inappropriately called it “The Psalm of the Cross” and suggest that The Messiah uttered it from the stake. The Hebrew assembly rejecting The Messiah views the Psalm as describing the persecution of David or another Hebrew person. We know from scripture that King David spoke to us prophetically’
Heb 4:7 He again defines a certain day, “Today,” saying through Dawiḏ so much later, as it has been said, “Today, if you hear Her voice, do not harden your hearts.”
It should not come as surprise to us to be able to find obvious connections between Psalms and the events associated with Messiah Yashayahnah. Psalm 22 shares with us “In The Messiah’s Words” the personal thoughts and feelings felt by Messiah Yashayahnah in paying the penalty for our sins. A Psalm of this magnitude would surely hold a clue to the gender of The Messiah. The verses in bold are prophecies of events associated with the impalement of the Messiah on a stake.
Psalm 22:- The Psalm of Aijeleth Shahar
1 My Ěl, My Ěl, why have You forsaken Me – Far from saving Me, far from the words of My groaning?
2 O My Elohim, I call by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I find no rest.
3 Yet You are set-apart, Enthroned on the praises of Yisra’ĕl.
4 Our fathers trusted in You; They trusted, and You delivered them.
5 They cried to You, and were delivered; They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.
7 All those who see Me mock Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 “He trusted in Yeshayahna, let Him rescue Her; Let Him deliver Her, seeing He has delighted in Her!”
9 For You are the One who took Me out of the womb; Causing Me to trust while on My mother’s breasts.
10 I was cast upon You from birth. From My mother’s belly You have been My Ěl.
11 Do not be far from Me, For distress is near; For there is none to help.
12 Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong ones of Bashan have encircled Me.
13 They have opened their mouths against Me, As a raging and roaring lion.
14 I have been poured out like water, And all My bones have been spread apart; My heart has become like wax; It has melted in the midst of My inward parts.
15 My strength is dried like a potsherd, And My tongue is cleaving to My jaws; And to the dust of death You are appointing Me.
16 For dogs have surrounded Me; A crowd of evil ones have encircled Me, Piercing My hands and My feet;
17 I count all My bones. They look, they stare at Me.
18 They divide My garments among them, And for My raiment they cast lots.
19 But You, O Yeshayahna, do not be far off; O My Strength, hasten to help Me!
20 Deliver My life from the sword, My only life from the power of the dog.
21 Save Me from the mouth of the lion, And from the horns of the wild beasts! You have answered Me.
22 I make known Your Name to My brothers; In the midst of the assembly I praise You.
23 You who fear Yeshayahna, praise Him! All you seed of Yaʽaqoḇ, esteem Him, And fear Him, all you seed of Yisra’ĕl!
24 For He has not despised Nor hated the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from Him; But when He cried to Him, He heard.
25 From You is My praise in the great assembly; I pay My vows before those who fear Him.
26 The meek ones do eat and are satisfied; Let those who seek Him praise Yeshayahna. Let your heart live forever!
27 Let all the ends of the earth Remember and turn to Yeshayahna, And all clans of the nations bow themselves before You.
28 For the reign belongs to Yeshayahna, And He is ruling over the nations.
29 All the fat ones of the earth Shall eat and bow themselves; All who go down to the dust bow before Her, Even he who did not keep alive his own life.
30 A seed shall serve Her. It is declared of Yeshayahna to the coming generation.
31 They shall come and declare Her righteousness To a people yet to be born, For She shall do it!
The 6th verse includes the words “But I am a worm, and no man” confirming The Messiah is no man. We can find another link to femininity by researching the title of the Psalm.
“Aijeleth Shahar”
Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament comments;
“Even the synagogue, so far as it recognises a suffering Messiah, hears Him speak here; and takes the “hind of the morning” as a name of the Shechîna and as a symbol of the dawning redemption.”
In another post chapter we will tie the Shekinah to the female aspects of Elohim. Albert Barnes in his Notes on the Bible comments;
“The expression “Aijeleth Shahar” is rendered in the margin, “the hind of the morning.” The word “Aijeleth” – אילת ‘ayĕlĕth – means a “hind,” and is used as a term of endearment toward a female, Pro_5:19. It is found in Gen_49:21, “Naphtali is a “hind” let loose.” Also in 2Sa_22:34; Job_39:1; Psa_18:33; Son_2:7; Son_3:5; Hab_3:19; in each of which places it is rendered in the singular “hind,” and in the plural “hinds.” The word “Shahar” – שׁחר shachar – means “the aurora, the dawn, the morning.” “The phrase ‘hind of the dawn’ probably stands for the morning sun scattering his first rays upon the earth, as the Arabian poets call the rising sun “the gazelle,” comparing his rays with the horns of that animal.”
We have “Hind” used as a term of endearment towards a female.
Pro 5:19 A loving deer and a pleasant doe! Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. And be captivated by her love always.
It shouldn’t come as any surprise that “Hind” also can be traced back to The Song of Songs;
Son 2:7 I have put you under oath, O daughters of Yerushalayim, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.
Son 3:5 I have put you under oath, O daughters of Yerushalayim, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.
Son 3:5(KJV+) I chargeH7650 you, O ye daughtersH1323 of Jerusalem,H3389 by the roes,H6643 andH176 by the hindsH355 of the field,H7704 that ye stir not up,H5782 H518 norH518 awakeH5782 (H853) my love,H160 tillH5704 he please.H7945 H2654
“Does” and “hinds” in the three verses above originate from the same Hebrew word. Strong’s Hebrew Word Dictionary H355 איּלה ‘ayâlâh ah-yaw-law’ Feminine of H354; a doe or female deer: – hind.
Thus the title of the Psalm is
The Doe of the Morning
In summary the Psalm of the Impalement of The Doe of The Morning points to a Sweet Lady called Messiah Yashayahnah who we should begin to spend more time getting to know. Had The Messiah been a male the name of the Psalm would have reflected it in some way. Our Lady Messiah has been shedding tears for us since before we were born and She loves all of us very much. It’s time for us to love Her and Our Father in spirit and truth.
