Psalms 22:2

Verse 2. Place. Mont. “in the huts of grass, (or of young trees, germinis) he will make me lie down.” See Song of Songs 1:6. Ezekiel 34:15. Bible.—Shepherds were accustomed to conduct their flocks to shady places, during the heat of the day.—Refreshment. Hebrew “still waters,” like the pond of Siloe, (Isaiah 8:6) in opposition to the great streams of the Euphrates, and so forth The fathers understand it of baptism; (Saint John Chrysostom and so forth) or of the truths of salvation. Euseb. Calmet.—Baptism is the first justification. Worthington.