April 20 - Psalms 69-71; 77
We have some more laments today, but these share something
new – they include prophetic hints at the suffering and death of Christ, God’s
faithfulness and salvation, and his victory over death. Jesus quotes several
verses from Psalm 69 (see verses 4, 8, 25, and 28). And 69:21 foreshadows the
cross and is quoted in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and John.
Psalm 71 talks of God as the rock and fortress, which is
echoed in the New Testament where Jesus is referred to as the cornerstone and
the foundation (Eph 2:20 and 1 Pet 2:6). Verse 20 talks about restoration and
new life – the NIV says “you will restore my life again from the depths of the
earth.”
Psalm 77 refers to the sense of abandonment by God, such
as Jesus felt on the cross, and the right hand of God, where Jesus now sits. It
was not written by David, but by Asaph. We saw him named back in 1 Chronicles
25 as one of three leaders of the musicians. Twelve psalms are attributed to
him. The header to this psalm says ‘according to Jeduthun’, who was also one of
the three. There are three psalms that
include his name in the intro, and it is supposed that these were given to
Jeduthun’s choir to sing.
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