Psalm 22 from my new book:
A NEW LOOK AT THE OLD PSALMS
Praying the Psalms: a modern interpretation
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Psalm 22 from my new book:
Praying the Psalms: a modern interpretation
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I present here a new perspective on the psalms. I have rewritten them from a New
Testament Christ-centered point of view. I did not try to capture the poetry of the
psalms – I leave that to more gifted writers – but I attempted to capture their message
with a more modern interpretation.
Testament Christ-centered point of view. I did not try to capture the poetry of the
psalms – I leave that to more gifted writers – but I attempted to capture their message
with a more modern interpretation.
God bless,
John
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Psalm
22
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n agony on the cross, Jesus experiences the dark
night of the soul. He feels completely abandoned by the Father: “My God, my God,
why have you abandoned me?” Mark: 15:34 (NLT) Sometimes we feel the same way.
Filled with worry and anxiety, we can forget that God has rescued us many times
in the past. Yet our soul knows that he has been with us since he formed us in
our mother’s womb.
Here is Jesus, our Savior, despised and ridiculed as
he hangs on a tree between two thieves. Onlookers deride him, “He trusted God,
so let God rescue him now if he wants him.” Matt 27:43 (NLT) Jesus’ life is
flowing out through his many wounds; his bones are broken; his strength is
failing; he thirsts, not just for water, but for souls. His enemies have
pierced his hands and feet with nails. They have stretched him so tightly on
the cross that one can count his bones. Soldiers even throw dice for a chance
to win his last possessions: his clothes.
His physical body cries out for relief. He knows
that the Father hears his prayer, but this time there is no response. His atonement
for our sins must be complete. The Son of God must die so that we may live. Yet
his divinity knows that the Father will not leave him in the grave. Did he not
tell his disciples that the Son of Man would die and rise again? What joy we
felt upon learning of his resurrection.
Nations will come and worship our Lord for he is
King. Let all generations repeat the story of the wonders of our Lord. Let us
all bend our knee and bow down before the Lord who saved us. Thank you, Jesus.
Amen.1
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1The Orthodox Study Bible. (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008), 694.
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