Psalms study section
Psalms related passages
Quoted more than any other Old Testament book in the New, the Psalms are prayed by, fulfilled in, and full of Christ.
Within the Bible
- Previous: Job wrestles with suffering and ends with the sufferer encountering God; the Psalms then give voice to that same movement, from anguished lament to worship, across every circumstance of life.
- Next: Proverbs turns from the prayer and praise of the Psalms to the practical wisdom of daily living, both rooted in the fear of the LORD.
- Thematic Connections:
- 1-2 Samuel - The life of David, which supplies the occasion for many psalms (compare Psalm 51 with 2 Samuel 11-12).
- 1 Chronicles 16 - David’s appointment of Asaph and the singers, and a psalm of thanksgiving drawn from Psalms 96, 105, and 106.
- Luke 24:44; Hebrews - The New Testament’s reading of the Psalms as fulfilled in Christ.
Cross-Testament Connections
The Psalms are the Old Testament book most quoted in the New, and they are full of Christ:
- The messianic King: Psalm 2 and Psalm 110 present the Son whom God enthrones and the priest-king at His right hand, fulfilled in the exalted Christ (Acts 4:25-27; 13:33; Hebrews 1:13; 5:6).
- The suffering Savior: Psalm 22 and Psalm 69 foretell the mockery, pierced hands, divided garments, and gall of the crucifixion (Matthew 27:35, 46; John 19:24).
- The risen Lord: Psalm 16 promises that God will not let His Holy One see corruption, preached as fulfilled in the resurrection (Acts 2:25-32).
- The cornerstone: Psalm 118’s rejected stone become the cornerstone is applied by Jesus and the apostles to Himself (Matthew 21:42; Acts 4:11).
- The voice of Christ: Jesus prayed the Psalms and fulfilled them, so that believers now pray them in and with Him, joining the praise He leads (Hebrews 2:12; Luke 24:44).
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