Song of Perfect, Eternal Gratitude

Key Verse: v12

Christ in the Psalm

EXTOLING PRAISE BY CHRIST, vv1-3
v1, Christ's victory upon the cross silences cavilers.
v2, Christ risen from the dead (healed)
v3, Christ suffered the wrath of God upon the tree, not the pit

EXHORTATION TO WORSHIP FROM CHRIST, vv4-5
v4, Christ invites the redeemed to praise the LORD…
vv4b-5, …for the wrath Christ suffered to save our lives

EXPRESSIVE GOSPEL WITH CHRIST, vv6-7
v6, Christ's faithfulness as a Man never wavered…
v7, Even while He hung upon the cross

ETERNAL GRATITUDE IN CHRIST, vv8-12
v8a, Christ's cry: Psa 22:1

v8b, Jesus pleads mercy on behalf of others, Heb 7:24-25
(v8) supplication - Hebrew חנן (chanan) means “seeking favor,” “plea or pray for mercy”

v9 presents rhetorical questions when viewed thru the gospel.

v9a, Jesus didn't go to the pit, or hell (v3), but He did suffer all the torments of hell, and more, when He suffered the wrath of God; moreover, Christ's death is profitable for every person who trusts in Him for eternal life. Psa 16:10.

v9b, Dust is the destiny of every descendant of Adam; Gen 3:19; Though we are dust (Psa 103:14), in Christ, we praise Christ for life! Phil 4:4

v9c, Acts 1:8

v10, Jesus pleads again on sinful man's behalf. Heb 7:24-25

v11, Heb 12:2

v12, Jon 2:9