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Messianic Prophecies - Psalm 22

NIV Psalm 22:1 For the director of music. To the tune of "The Doe of the Morning." A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent. 3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. 4 In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. 5 They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.

 

“My God, my God [yliae yliae (°¢lee, °¢lee)] why have you forsaken me?”

 

Matthew 27:45-46; Mark 15:33-34

NIV Psalm 22:6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. 7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads: 8 "He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him." 9 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast. 10 From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God. 11 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

 

7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads: 8 "He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”

 

Matthew 27:39-44

Mark 15:29-32

Luke 23:35-39

NIV Psalm 22:12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. 13 Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

 

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.”

 

John 19:28-30 (See also Psalm 69:21)

 

NIV Psalm 22:16 Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me. 18 They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing. 19 But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me. 20 Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs. 21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen. 22 I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you.

 

“they have pierced my hands and my feet.”

 

Luke 23:33

John 20:24-28

Luke 24:36-40

 

18 They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.”

 

Matthew 27:35-36

Mark 15:24-25

Luke 23:33-34

John 19:23-24

 

22 I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation [lh'q' (q¹h¹l)] I will praise you.”

 

Hebrews 2:7-12

 

NIV Psalm 22:23 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel! 24 For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help. 25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows. 26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him-- may your hearts live forever! 27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, 28 for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations. 29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him-- those who cannot keep themselves alive. 30 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord. 31 They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn-- for he has done it.

 

“will I fulfill my vows.”

 

“A n¢der [VOW] is something promised to God verbally (Num 30:4 [H 5 ]). If one so promises he is obliged to fulfill/do his promise (Deut 23:22). In most cases, the context shows that the vow implies a promised gift for sacrifice, not merely a course of action as is implied in the English word "vow." …. A n¢der is a species of thank offering (made even by Gentiles, Nah 1:15 [H 2] ) vowed (Psa 116:14, 18) in return for God's favor (Num 21:1-3) or as an expression of godly zeal and devotion and in praise for answered prayer (Psa 22:25 [H 26]).” (TWOT)

 

Note the emphasis on eating and feasting in the underlined text

 

Perhaps Revelation 19:6-10

Luke 13:28-29

Mark 14:23-25

 

27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, 28 for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.”

 

Matthew 28:16-20

Revelation 7:9-10

Revelation 15:4

 

“all who go down to the dust will kneel before him-- those who cannot keep themselves alive.”

 

Philippians 2:5-11

Revelation 20:11-15