The Bible in a Year

Psalms

Necklace in Hebrew, “Jesus, the Messiah”

Psalms 28 through 35
Read this coming week:
Jan 31 Ex 6‐7, Ps 28, Mark 7 Feb 1 Ex 8‐9, Ps 29, Mark 8 Feb 2 Ex 10‐11,
Ps 30, Mark 9 Feb 3 Ex 12, Ps 31, Mark 10 Feb 4 Ex 13‐14, Ps 32, Mark 11
Feb 5 Ex 15‐16, Ps 33, Mark 12 Feb 6 Ex 17‐19, Ps 34, Mark 13 Feb 7 Ex
20‐21, Ps 35, Mark 14

Reading Questions
For next week you’re reading Psalms 28 to 35. Answer
the following:
• What is the difference between the wicked and
the righteous in Psalm 28?
• What do you feel is the most “powerful” of the
descriptions of God’s power in 29?
• Why do you think David’s psalm about the
dedication of the temple (30) talks so much about
tears?
• Jesus cried out Psalm 31:5 from the cross. Does
the rest of the Psalm seem like it could have been
said from the cross?
• After sin has been forgiven in 32, what does the
Psalmist encourage from the reader?
 • What are the things that the psalmist seems to
imply that people take faith in rather than the
Lord in 33?
• Read I Sam 21:10-15 for the back story in Psalm
34 (Achish = Abimelech). How do you link the
two?
• Who do you think David is “contending” with in
35? Who do you contend with?
Jesus and the Psalms
Jesus is found quoting from the psalms over 20 times in
the Gospels. Growing up as a young Jesus boy, Jesus
would have likely memorized many of these Psalms as a
part of His education (almost all education at the time
was religious education).

In our readings, we have encountered several of the

Psalms that Jesus quoted from the cross. Some scholars
believe that Jesus may have been quoting either the
entire First Book of the Psalms (1-41) or at least 21
through 32 from the cross. Surprisingly for us, this sort
of memorization would not have been uncommon in
Jesus’ day.

Many of the Psalms which prophesy about Jesus are

psalms that have a messianic content to them. These
psalms quite often were written by David, a clear
foreshadowing or “type” of the coming fulfilled role of
Messiah.

Please don’t throw this away. If you’re not going to use it, leave it for
someone else to use.