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This week we're camping out in some psalms of lament. As with yesterday, we're going to spend some time with David, this time in Psalm 22. This Psalm is one of the more schizophrenic Psalms that you will see in all of the Old Testament. You can tell that David is incredibly conflicted the entire time that he's writing this down. Okay, so let's look at verses two and three. Oh my God, I cry by day, but you do to verses 5 and 6. Now, guys, I've been sad before, but I don't recall ever feeling like a worm. Okay so, I've been sad before, but I don't recall ever feeling like a worm. Okay so, but I digress.

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The point is that David can't stay on one line of thought because he is in such a muddled state of confusion. I'm sure part of the reason for that is because David sees himself as innocent. Now, as we know, no mortal man is innocent, but it does seem like David is suffering unjustly here. Mortal man is innocent, but it does seem like David is suffering unjustly here. However, it is David's unjust suffering, described in Psalm 22, that points to what the ESV Study Bible commentary calls the innocent sufferer par excellence, and that's our perfect Savior Jesus, specifically, the parallels between Psalm 22 and Matthew 27 are so stunning that many see Psalm 22 as a foretelling of the work of Jesus on the cross of Calvary. Let's look at a few examples.

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Psalm 22, verse 1, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me from the words of my groaning? And then in Matthew 27, 46, we see this and about the ninth hour, jesus cried out with a loud voice saying Eli, eli lama sabachthani. That is my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Psalm 22, 7, all who see me mock me. They make mouths at me, they wag their heads. And then in Matthew 27, verse 39, and those who pass by derided him wagging their heads. Psalm 22, 18, they divide my garments among them and for my clothing they cast lots. And then in Matthew 27, 35, and when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.

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The parallels are incredibly moving, but they also point to something Psalm 22 can be summarized as a lamenting, innocent sufferer that is waiting patiently for God to deliver them, to provide them a pathway out of torment. And, as we see in Psalm 22, david is fervently asking for that and actively experiencing this delivery, in a way. So verses 19 through 21. But you, o Lord, do not be far off. O you my help, come quickly to my aid. Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog, save me from the mouth of the lion. You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen, but where does ultimate delivery come from? What is the source of salvation? How can one be truly rescued?

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Well, it starts at Golgotha, the place of the skull where Jesus was crucified, where he cried out in agony, where the onlookers wag their heads at him, where they cast lots for his garments, where he gave up his spirit and breathed his last. But luckily for all of us, that is just a bloody footnote in the history of Jesus, because three days after he was placed in Joseph of Arimathea's tomb, it was revealed to all of humanity that the tomb was a borrowed one, because, as we see in Matthew 28, verse 6, he is not here, for he has risen. He was put to death to pay a debt that we could not repay and became sin on our behalf so that we could have repay, and became sin on our behalf so that we could have the righteousness of God in him. We just have to accept that free gift of grace and repent of our sins. If you have never done that, today is the day. If you have done that, today is the day you tell someone about it.

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