Hi,

When I read Psalm 22 it appears to me that this is a reference to Jesus. I was talking to friends and they tell me that I am reading to much into this Psalm. They tell me that it is about a man that needs God. Do you think this is about Jesus?

Your brother in Christ,

Marc Marshall

Verse 1 - My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Clearly a messianic prophesy as Jesus quotes it in Mt 27:46 & Mk 15:34. Now because of the fact that "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." (Heb 13:8) & that Jesus said "If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him." in Jn 10:37-38 so it is impossible that the father would actually forsake the son as they are always in each other; however Jesus "should taste death for every man" (Heb 2:9) & one definition of death is separation from God; also Jesus "bare our sins in his own body on the tree" (1 Pet 2:24) & God is "of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity" (Hab 1:13) - so somehow the impossible happened & Jesus who is always in union with God was separated for our sakes - "Christ died for the ungodly" (Rom 5:6).

Verse 6 - "But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people."

Clearly not about Jesus, as repeatedly he was refered to as the "Son of Man" - unless you look at this self-debasing in the light of this scripture: "his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:" (Isa 52:14) & "he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not." Isa (53:2b-3) which are messianic prophesies.

Verses 7-8 - "All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him."

Clearly a messianic prophesy as it was fulfilled here in Mt 9:24 & 27:42-43.

Verse 16 - "For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet."

Clearly a messianic prophesy as in order to be nailed to the cross you must have your hands (wrists) & feet pierced.

Verse 17 - "I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me."

Clearly a messianic prophesy as it was fulfilled here in Jn 19:33-36.

Verse 18 - "They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture."

Clearly a messianic prophesy as it was fulfilled here in Mt 27:35 (at which point they call David, or the author of the Psalm a prophet for writing this verse).

Verse 22 - "I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee."

Clearly a messianic prophesy as it is fulfilled here in Mt 6:9 & Jn 17:6, 26.

Wether or not there are more messianic prophesies in this chapter I am unsure; however the highlights above surely point to Jesus & something I was taught is that the whole bible is a gigantic mural of Jesus; so every page is teaching us something about Him; either what He is like or what He is not like, what He wants from us or what He wants us to avoid.

God bless you & keep looking for Jesus in the scriptures!

"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me." (Jn 5:39)

"And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself." (Lk 24:27)

Slade,

Thank You for your response. I think this information is astonishing. We shure worship an awsome God. Thank You Jesus!

Your Brother in Christ,

Marc

Dear Marc,
You sound like my Grandson's questions.
As I remember without going to Psalm 22, that it is one of the last words Jesus spoke on the cross? Which is repeated in psalm 22, and understood better when not taken out of context of the whole psalm 22.
Your friend, "In Christ",
Betty C. Dudney
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