Psalms related passages

Within the Bible

• Previous: Job wrestles with suffering and ends with the sufferer encountering God; the Psalms then give voice to that same movement — from anguished lament to worship — across every circumstance of life.
• Next: Proverbs turns from the prayer and praise of the Psalms to the practical wisdom of daily living, both rooted in the fear of the LORD.
• Thematic Connections:
  • 1-2 Samuel - The life of David, which supplies the occasion for many psalms (compare Psalm 51 with 2 Samuel 11-12).
  • 1 Chronicles 16 - David’s appointment of Asaph and the singers, and a psalm of thanksgiving drawn from Psalms 96, 105, and 106.
  • Luke 24:44; Hebrews - The New Testament’s reading of the Psalms as fulfilled in Christ.

Cross-Testament Connections

The Psalms are the Old Testament book most quoted in the New, and they are full of Christ:

• The messianic King: Psalm 2 and Psalm 110 present the Son whom God enthrones and the priest-king at His right hand, fulfilled in the exalted Christ (Acts 4:25-27; 13:33; Hebrews 1:13; 5:6).
• The suffering Savior: Psalm 22 and Psalm 69 foretell the mockery, pierced hands, divided garments, and gall of the crucifixion (Matthew 27:35, 46; John 19:24).
• The risen Lord: Psalm 16 promises that God will not let His Holy One see corruption, preached as fulfilled in the resurrection (Acts 2:25-32).
• The cornerstone: Psalm 118’s rejected stone become the cornerstone is applied by Jesus and the apostles to Himself (Matthew 21:42; Acts 4:11).
• The voice of Christ: Jesus prayed the Psalms and fulfilled them, so that believers now pray them in and with Him, joining the praise He leads (Hebrews 2:12; Luke 24:44).