The Cross Foretold
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For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A psalm of David.
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from my deliverance and from my words of groaning?
My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, by night, yet I have no rest.
But you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted, and you rescued them.
They cried to you and were set free; they trusted in you and were not disgraced.
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by people.
Everyone who sees me mocks me; they sneer and shake their heads:
“He relies on the Lord; let him save him; let the Lord rescue him, since he takes pleasure in him.”
It was you who brought me out of the womb, making me secure at my mother’s breast.
I was given over to you at birth; you have been my God from my mother’s womb.
Don’t be far from me, because distress is near and there’s no one to help.
Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.
They open their mouths against me— lions, mauling and roaring.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed; my heart is like wax, melting within me.
My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put me into the dust of death.
For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has closed in on me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
I can count all my bones; people look and stare at me.
They divided my garments among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing.
But you, Lord, don’t be far away. My strength, come quickly to help me.
Rescue my life from the sword, my only life from the power of these dogs.
Save me from the lion’s mouth, from the horns of wild oxen. You answered me!
I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters; I will praise you in the assembly.
You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! All you descendants of Israel, revere him!
For he has not despised or abhorred the torment of the oppressed. He did not hide his face from him but listened when he cried to him for help.
I will give praise in the great assembly because of you; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear you.
The humble will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the Lord will praise him. May your hearts live forever!
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord. All the families of the nations will bow down before you,
for kingship belongs to the Lord; he rules the nations.
All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down; all those who go down to the dust will kneel before him— even the one who cannot preserve his life.
Their descendants will serve him; the next generation will be told about the Lord.
They will come and declare his righteousness; to a people yet to be born they will declare what he has done.
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from my deliverance and from my words of groaning?
And at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lemá sabachtháni?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by people.
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering who knew what sickness was. He was like someone people turned away from; he was despised, and we didn’t value him.
Everyone who sees me mocks me; they sneer and shake their heads:
“He relies on the Lord; let him save him; let the Lord rescue him, since he takes pleasure in him.”
Those who passed by were yelling insults at him, shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
He trusts in God; let God rescue him now—if he takes pleasure in him! For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed; my heart is like wax, melting within me.
My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put me into the dust of death.
After this, when Jesus knew that everything was now finished that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he said, “I’m thirsty.”
A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it up to his mouth.
For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has closed in on me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
I can count all my bones; people look and stare at me.
So the other disciples were telling him, “We’ve seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “If I don’t see the mark of the nails in his hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe.”
The people stood watching, and even the leaders were scoffing: “He saved others; let him save himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”
They divided my garments among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing.
When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, a part for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven in one piece from the top.
So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see who gets it.” This happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says: They divided my clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing. This is what the soldiers did.
Save me from the lion’s mouth, from the horns of wild oxen. You answered me!
I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters; I will praise you in the assembly.
You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! All you descendants of Israel, revere him!
For he has not despised or abhorred the torment of the oppressed. He did not hide his face from him but listened when he cried to him for help.
I will give praise in the great assembly because of you; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear you.
The humble will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the Lord will praise him. May your hearts live forever!
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord. All the families of the nations will bow down before you,
for kingship belongs to the Lord; he rules the nations.
All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down; all those who go down to the dust will kneel before him— even the one who cannot preserve his life.
Their descendants will serve him; the next generation will be told about the Lord.
They will come and declare his righteousness; to a people yet to be born they will declare what he has done.
God used his prophets, like David, to proclaim Jesus’ crucifixion 1,000 years before it happened.
Nothing has surprised God. He has always been in control.
God uses his church, you and me, to proclaim Jesus’resurrection 2,000 years after it happened.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.
“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”