Psalms in the New Testament
This post comes with some help from Michael Morales, a theology professor, at
Types of Psalms
Messianic Psalm 22, 2, 8, 16, 23, 24, 40, 41, 45, 68, 69, 72,
89, 96-99, 102, 110, 118, 132.
Imprecatory 35, 52, 58, 59, 69, 79, 83, 109, 137, 140
Psalms of Ascent, (chanted when walking up the steps of the
temple at the three holy days) 120-134
Penitential 6, 32, 38,
51, 102, 130, 143
Praise
(sung at Passover) 113-118
What Psalms are used in the gospels? And why? We read the Old Testament through the lens of
the New; most of (I would not say everything) the Old Testament points to
Christ and Messiah and Lord.
Jesus used the psalms
to support His claims to being the Eternal and Powerful Son of God. He also used Isaiah, the Law of Moses, and
the prophets.
Psalm 2:8 – Matthew
28:18-20. Psalm 110 (Matt 22:41–46;
Mark 12:35–37; Luke 20:40–44)
Jesus used the psalms to support His claims of Messiahship and
fulfillment of Scripture
Luke 24:44
Jesus used the psalms to comfort Himself on the cross.
“When Jesus expressed
his anguish on the cross with the words of Psalm 22, he highlighted one of the
precious facets of the Psalms in general, namely, that as songs they uniquely
convey the inward depths of the soul, and especially of Christ’s soul”
(Morales).
Psalm 31:5 — “Into your
hands I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46).
Psalm 16:9-10 - “My
flesh also dwells secure. For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let
your holy one see corruption”
Psalm 22:24 “For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of
the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he
cried to him.”
Jesus used the psalms
to explain that the cross and suffering would be the role of the Messiah
Psalm 22; Psalm
41:9-Mark 14:20-21; Psalm 22:18-John 19:24
The apostles used the psalms to preach Christ.
Acts 1:20 – Psalm
69:25 and 109:8
Psalm 110 used in Acts
2:25-36
Psalm 110:4 – Hebrews
5:5-6, 7:1-28
Psalm 2:7-8 used in
Acts 4:25-28, Acts 13:30-37
Psalm 68:18 –
Ephesians 4:7-16
Romans 3:4 – Psalm
51:4
Romans 3:10ff – Psalm
14:1-3, Psalm 531-3
Romans 4:6-8 – Psalm
32:1-2
Romans 8:36 – Psalm
44:22
Romans 11:9 – Psalm
69:23
Romans 11:26 - Psalm
14:7
Romans 15:3 – Psalm
69:9
Romans 15:9 – Psalms
18:49
II Corinthians 9:9 –
Psalm 112:9
Hebrews 10:7 – Psalm
40:7
Psalm 95:8 – Hebrews
3:8
Ephesians 5:19 and
Colossians 3:16 tells us to use psalms in worship.
Satan uses the Psalm
91:11 and 12 in Matthew 4
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