Psalm 22

This is our sixth and final study of our Lenten Series on the Psalms. This week we have what’s arguably the most Lenten of all the psalms: Psalm 22. What makes it so Lenten is its clear connection to the cross. First, the psalm depicts a suffering servant of God whose rescue and vindication bring about the conversion of all the nations to YHWH. Sound familiar? Second, Jesus quotes the beginning of the psalm on the cross: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

 

In this study, we'll walk through Psalm 22 and pull out many of the great theological nuggets it contains.

 

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