Messianic Psalms

[YYZ Skinhead]

The only one I can easily recall is #22, of course because it begins "My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?" There are several other ones but I remember reading Psalm 22 when I was a little kid bored while in church and looking through the KJV for the verses my mom would read to me at home, e.g. Psalm 23. I wondered at the time why Psalm 22:1 said the same thing Jesus said just before dying on the cross. Decades later I was reading a study KJV that said in the comments on the verse (not verbatim), "A Christian cannot read this verse without thinking of Jesus' words on the cross." That made sense (and there must have been some reason I was drawn to that verse).

Well? Which other Psalms prophesy Jesus' future life and work on earth?

[Vic]

Great thread idea!

Tied up for a bit but will try and post in the next few days.

[Vic]

There's so many messianic prophecies, not just in Psalms, but here's a few to think about:

We probably should break down Psalm 2 and 22 and show the cross references of them. But will start with this

Psa 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Psa 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psa 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Psa 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Act 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Act 2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
Act 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Act 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Act 2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
Act 2:29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Act 2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
Act 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Act 2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Act 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Act 2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Act 2:35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
Act 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Mar 12:35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
Mar 12:36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Mar 12:37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.


Psa 110:1 <A Psalm of David.> The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

[YYZ Skinhead]

I wasn't familiar with #16, but that is the sort of parallel I meant, i.e. a passage in Psalms having a cross-reference in the NT (often verbatim in the KJV). It startled me to see "For David speaketh concerning him" in Acts 2:25.

[susanblange]

Most of the Psalms are about the Messiah and events in his life. "in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned when as yet there was none of them." " Then said I, lo I come, in the volume of the book it is written of me"

[Vic]

Hey LM, I was thinking of posting some more on this. THen I discovered, that many people think that all the Psalms speak of Christ, and so am wondering if we should in fact study them all. The messianic psalms that most identify as such, we can cover here. But maybe we need to expand our understanding.

I was compiling a list of the ones commonly viewed as the Messianic ones:

Psalms 2, 8,16, 22,31,34,40, 41, 45, 68, 69, 102, 110, 118...

So was thinking we should do a little more indepth on each and a lot more cross referencing into NT. What do you think?

[YYZ Skinhead]

That was what I was thinking, the prophecies in Psalms that Jesus fulfilled/reiterated. I had no idea that 118 was a Messianic Psalm.

[Vic]

Psalm 2

Psa 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psa 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Psa 2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Psa 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psa 2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Psa 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psa 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Psa 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Psa 2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Psa 2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psa 2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Psa 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

TSK is Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge. Just using that cross reference as a starting point. THis is not including the cross references to a lot of OT prophecies.

Psa 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psa 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Psa 2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

TSK cross reference
v1 > Why: Psa_18:42, Psa_46:6, Psa_83:4-8; Isa_8:9; Luk_18:32; Act_4:25
rage: or, tumultuously assemble, Luk_22:1-2, Luk_22:5, Luk_22:22-23; Act_16:22, Act_17:5-6, Act_19:28-32
people: Mat_21:38; Joh_11:49-50; Act_5:33; Rev_17:14

>anointed is a reference to Messiah, and in Greek to English is Christ.

Act 4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
Act 4:25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
Act 4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
Act 4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
Act 4:28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

Psa 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Psa 37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Psa 37:13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

Psa 2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

TSK > Psa 2:5
Then: Psa_50:16-22; Isa_11:4, Isa_66:6; Mat_22:7, Mat_23:33-36; Luk_19:27, Luk_19:43-44; Rev_1:16, Rev_19:15
vex: or, trouble
sore: Psa_110:5-6; Zec_1:15

1Th 1:9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
1Th 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

1Th 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

Heb 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Heb 10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Heb 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Heb 10:30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
Heb 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Rev 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Rev 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Rev 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Psa 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

TSK > Psa 2:6
Yet: Psa_45:6, Psa_89:27, Psa_89:36-37, Psa_110:1-2; Isa_9:6-7; Dan_7:13-14; Mat_28:18; Act_2:34-36, Act_5:30-31; Eph_1:22; Phi_2:9-11
set: Heb. anointed
my: etc. Heb. Zion, the hill of my holiness, Psa_48:1-2, Psa_50:2, Psa_78:68, Psa_132:13-14; Heb_12:22; Rev_14:1

Luk 1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Luk 1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Luk 1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Psa 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. [b]

*** note this is Jesus speaking in v 7, and then God's declaration to Him thru to v9.

Act 13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

Heb 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Heb 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Heb 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Heb 1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
Heb 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

TSK > Heb 1:5
Thou: Heb_5:5; Psa_2:7; Act_13:33
I will: 2Sa_7:14; 1Ch_17:13, 1Ch_22:10, 1Ch_28:6; Psa_89:26-27

Heb 1:6
And again: etc. or, When he bringeth again, the first- begotten, Heb_1:5; Pro_8:24-25; Joh_1:14, Joh_1:18, Joh_3:16; Rom_8:29; Col_1:15, Col_1:18; 1Jo_4:9; Rev_1:5
And let: Deu_32:43 *Sept: Psa_97:7; Luk_2:9-14; 1Pe_3:22; Rev_5:9-12

Heb 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Heb 5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.

Psa 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isa 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

TSK > Psa 2:8
Ask: Joh_17:4-5
and I: Psa_22:27, Psa_72:8; Dan_7:13

Jer 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jer 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Zec 14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

Psa 2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Psa 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Psa 22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.

Rev 2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
Rev 2:27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

Rev 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

1Ti 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1Ti 6:15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
1Ti 6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen

Daniel 2:34-35; 44-45

Psa 2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

Act 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Act 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. [/b]

TSK > Psa 2:10
Be wise: Jer_6:8; Hos_14:9
O: Psa_45:12, Psa_72:10-11; Isa_49:23, Isa_52:15, Isa_60:3, Isa_60:10-11
be instructed: Psa_82:1-8

Psa 2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

TSK > Psa 2:11
Serve: Psa_89:7; Heb_12:28-29
rejoice: Psa_95:1-8, Psa_97:1, Psa_99:1, Psa_119:120; Phi_2:12; Heb_4:1-2, Heb_12:25

Psa 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

TSK > Psa 2:12
Kiss: Gen_41:40, Gen_41:43-44; 1Sa_10:1; 1Ki_19:18; Hos_13:2; Joh_5:23
Son: Psa_2:7
and: etc. Or, "and ye lose the way," or, "and ye perish in the way." The LXX, and Vulgate have, "and ye perish from the righteous way:" and the Syriac, "and ye perish from his way."
ye perish: Psa_1:6; Joh_14:6
when: Psa_2:5; 2Th_1:8-9; Rev_6:16-17, Rev_14:9-11
Blessed: Psa_40:4, Psa_84:12, Psa_146:3-5; Pro_16:20; Isa_26:3-4, Isa_30:18; Jer_17:7; Rom_9:33; Rom_10:11; Eph_1:12; 1Pe_1:21, 1Pe_2:6

Joh 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Joh 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Joh 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Joh 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

Joh 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
Joh 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
Joh 5:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Joh 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Joh 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
Joh 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
Joh 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Joh 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Joh 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Rev 6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Rev 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Rev 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Rev 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

[Vic]

I thought once people have a chance to do a little study on this, if we want to talk about any specific verse we could, before I post in the next psalm on the list.