John Trapp on Psalms 22:16

Verſ. 16. For dogs have compaſſed mee] That is, men of mean rank (oppoſed to Bulls and Lions, i. e. great ones and interpreted in the next words, the aſſemblie of the wicked, the rude rabble, and of rancorous diſpoſition, Job 30.1. Prov. 26.11. Mat. 7.6. Phil. 3.2. Pſal. 59.7.15. Anno Dom. 1556. at Weſſenſten in Germany, a Jew for theft was in this cruel manner to bee executed: Hee was hanged by the feet with his head downward, Melch. Ad. in vit. Jac. And. betwixt two doggs, which conſtantly ſnatcht, and bit at him.

They peirced my hands and my feet] fc. When they nailed Chriſt to the Croſſe, Mat. 27.35. Joh. 20.25. Where let mee ſimilate, ſaith a learned man, the Oratours gradation, Facinus vincire civens Romanum, &c. It was much for the Son of God to bee bound, more to bee beaten, moſt of all to bee ſlain; Quid dicam in crucem tolli? but what ſhall I ſay to this, that hee was crucified? that was the moſt vile and ignominious of all puniſhments; it was alſo a cruel and curſed kind of death: which yet hee refuſed not; and here wee have a clear teſtimony for his Croſs, which the Devill would fain wring from us by his agents, the Jews, with their Keri and Chetib. See Galatin. lib. 8. cap. 17. & lib. 1. c. 8. & Mercer. in Job 7.20.