Good Friday Psalm

On this Good Friday, we watch our Savior being tortured and hung on Calvary's cross to die.  Our hearts are full of sorrow and disgust over our sins, which put Jesus there.  The following verses are Jesus' words as He suffers and dies in your place, taking the punishment only you deserve of all your sins.  Think deeply and pray over these words today, that God would strengthen your faith and your thankfulness for the salvation Jesus has won for you.

PSALM 22:1-23

¹ My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

        Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?

² O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.

³ Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

⁴ In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.

⁵ To you they cried and were rescued;

        in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

⁶ But I am a worm and not a man,

        scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

⁷ All who see me mock me;

        they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;

⁸ “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him;

        let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”

⁹ Yet you are he who took me from the womb;

        you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.

¹⁰ On you was I cast from my birth,

        and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

¹¹ Be not far from me,

        for trouble is near, and there is none to help.

¹² Many bulls encompass me;

        strong bulls of Bashan surround me;              

¹³ they open wide their mouths at me,

        like a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴ I am poured out like water,

        and all my bones are out of joint;

           my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;

¹⁵ my strength is dried up like a potsherd,

        and my tongue sticks to my jaws;

           you lay me in the dust of death.    

¹⁶ For dogs encompass me;

        a company of evildoers encircles me;

           they have pierced my hands and feet—

¹⁷ I can count all my bones—

        they stare and gloat over me;

¹⁸ they divide my garments among them,

        and for my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹ But you, O Lord, do not be far off!

        O you my help, come quickly to my aid!

²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword,

        my precious life from the power of the dog!

²¹ Save me from the mouth of the lion!

        You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!

²² I will tell of your name to my brothers;

        in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:

²³ You who fear the Lord, praise him!

        All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,

           and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel! 

Lord, have mercy.   Christ, have mercy.   Lord, have mercy.   AMEN.

Peace in Christ, who died for you,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

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