Psalm 22: The Messiah's Anguish
As much as the Gospels vividly describe the Messiah's anguish on the day of his crucifixion, we perceive only the tip of the iceberg of his travails, when we reflect on them on Good Friday. Apart from the four gospels, which are first and second hand accounts of the crucifixion, I am amazed to read the twenty second Psalm. Written centuries before the actual event, the Psalm describes Christ's ordeal in such accurate detail, that it makes me awestruck at the power of prophetic literature. PSALMS 22 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? 2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest. 6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people. 7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads. 8 “He trusts in the Lord,” they say, “let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.” 9 Yet you brought me out of the womb;