What does Psalm 22:24 mean?

This continues a celebratory prayer to which David looks forward. He plans to pray this at the time he obtains the rescue he expects from God (Psalm 22:21–22). The psalm began by questioning why, from David's perspective, it seemed as if God had forsaken him. However, it was clear He had not forsaken David forever. In due time David anticipates an answer to this prayer. God had not ignored David's affliction, nor had He turned His back on David.

In 2 Corinthians 1:8–10 the apostle Paul relates an experience that was similar to David's. He and his companions had been so severely afflicted that they despaired of life, but the experience taught them to rely on God instead of on themselves. In the end, God delivered them. Paul said that "on him [God] we have set our hope that he will deliver us again" (2 Corinthians 1:10). Then Paul called on the Corinthian believers to help them through prayer so that many would give thanks "for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many" (2 Corinthians 1:11). Our afflictions may be hard to endure sometimes, but God has promised He will never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5).