Summer in the Psalms // Jesus Quotes Psalms

1) The Power of Knowing God’s Word by Heart 

Jeremiah 17:13a NIV Lord, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the Lord. 

John 8:9a NIV 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first... 

Matthew 21:15 NIV 15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant. 

1) The Power of Knowing God’s Word by Heart 

2) The Power of Knowing God’s Word vs. God’s Heart 

Matthew 21:16 NIV 16 “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him. “Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read, “‘From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise’?” 

Psalm 8:2 NIV 2 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. 

Psalm 139:23-24 NIV 23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. 

1) The Power of Knowing God’s Word by Heart 

2) The Power of Knowing God’s Word vs. God’s Heart 

3) The Power of Knowing that You are God’s Heart 

Matthew 27:46 NIV 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). 

Psalm 22:1a NIV My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 

Psalm 22:1,3a,4-5 NIV 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?…3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; 4 In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. 5 To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. 

Psalm 22:6-10 NIV 6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people. 7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads. 8 “He trusts in the Lord,” they say, “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 on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God. 

John 19:26-27a 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” 

Psalm 22:14-15a NIV 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me. 15 My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; 

John 19:28b NIV Jesus said “I am thirsty…” 

Psalm 22:16-18 NIV 16 Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet. 17 All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me. 18 They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment. 

Psalm 22:22-24 NIV 22 I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you. 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 scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help. 

Psalm 22:25 NIV 25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you I will fulfill my vows. 

Luke 23:46a NIV 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” 

Psalm 22:26-28;30-31 NIV 26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; those 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. 

Psalm 22:30-31 NIV 30 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord. 31 They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it! John 19:30b NIV Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. 

1) The Power of Knowing God’s Word by Heart 

2) The Power of Knowing God’s Word vs. God’s Heart 

3) The Power of Knowing that You are God’s Heart 

QUESTIONS: 

1) Does reading and knowing scripture interest you? Why or why not? What might make it more interesting for you? 

2) What does it mean to align your heart with God’s? What does that look like on a daily basis? 

3) Why does it matter that Jesus might have quoted Psalm 22 on the cross? How does that change the way you see those moments?