How does Psalm 22:1 connect with other biblical instances of lament and trust? Framing Psalm 22:1 “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my groaning.” Layers of Meaning • A real cry from David’s own anguish. • A Spirit-breathed prophecy foreshadowing the Messiah’s suffering (cf. Acts 2:30; 1 Peter 1:10-11). • A model lament teaching God’s people how to pour out grief without abandoning faith. Shared Notes of Lament in Scripture • Psalm 13:1 – “How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever?” • Psalm 42:9 – “I say to God my Rock, ‘Why have You forgotten me?’” • Job 3:11; 19:25-27 – Job’s despair married to unshaken hope in a Redeemer. • Jeremiah 15:18 – “Why is my pain unending…? Will You be to me like a deceptive brook?” • Lamentations 3:1-20 – darkness and bitterness voiced honestly before God. • Habakkuk 1:2 – “How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but You do not listen?” The Pivot to Trust Even the rawest lament turns a corner: • Psalm 22:3-5, 9-11 – “Yet You are holy… In You our fathers trusted.” • Psalm 13:5-6 – “But I have trusted in Your loving devotion.” • Lamentations 3:21-24 – “Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope… great is Your faithfulness.” • Habakkuk 3:17-19 – “Yet I will rejoice in the LORD.” • Job 13:15 – “Though He slay me, yet will I hope in Him.” Patterns Seen • Honest protest is not unbelief; it is faith refusing silence. • Remembering God’s past actions fuels present trust. • Lament and praise are companions, not opposites. Fulfilled on the Cross • Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34 – Jesus cites Psalm 22:1 verbatim, embracing the full weight of human abandonment while fulfilling prophecy. • 2 Corinthians 5:21 – He truly bore our sin, experiencing the forsakenness our guilt deserved, so that we might never be forsaken (Hebrews 13:5). Encouragement for Today • Scripture welcomes cries of confusion; faith is strengthened, not shattered, by godly lament. • The same God who heard David, Job, Jeremiah, and—supremely—His Son, hears every believer. • Because Jesus stepped into Psalm 22:1, we can step into Psalm 22:22 – “I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.” |
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