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A 10 page paper that discusses the range of human emotions in these two Psalms and how we feel these same emotions in different situations today. The similarities between Psalm 22 and the Cross are pointed out. The writer comments the Psalmists not only expressed their innermost feelings honestly, they are able to draw the reader into those same emotions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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with the Lord. Of the Psalms, John Calvin said: I have been accustomed to call this book, I think not inappropriately, "An Anatomy of all the Parts of the Soul;"
for there is not an emotion of which any one can be conscious that is not here represented as in a mirror. Or rather, the Holy Spirit has here drawn
to the life all the griefs, sorrows, fears, doubts, hopes, cares, perplexities, in short, all the distracting emotions with which the minds of men are wont to be agitated" (Gillespie,
2006). Psalm 22 is often referred to as the Psalm of the Cross because it begins with the words of Christ as he hung on the Cross: "My God, My
God, why have you forsaken me" (Psalm 22:1; Matthew 27:46). The last words of this Psalm are related to the last words Christ spoke on the Cross: "for he has
done it" (Psalm 22:31). "Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit" (John 19:30). Both phrases can be interpreted as "it is
finished." In fact, Jesus told His disciples: "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in
the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms" (Luke 24:44). And, this is why so many say the Psalms are Jesus words. Everything about Jesus life was prophesied in
specific Books of the Old Testament. In the beginning of the Psalm, David, the writer, is feeling abandoned by his God, he feels God is not even hearing him: "Why
are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?" (Psalm 22:1). The writer is in distress and crying out to the Lord; he feels
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