Psalm 22 is Jesus’ prayer while hanging on the cross, suffering for our sins. Psalm 22 is a Messianic Psalm that helps us understand the suffering and death of Jesus. We are most familiar with the first verse, which is the “4th Word” Jesus speaks from the cross. These words of Jesus are so important that not only are they recorded in the Gospels, but the Hebrew is translated for us as well. “My God, My God why have you forsaken Me?” is the first verse of Psalm 22. Although Jesus only verbally says the first verse, we are to understand that He is praying the entire Psalm.

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