Week 6: Cries for a Savior

Savior psalms speak most directly about the coming of Jesus Christ, either through prophecy or foreshadow. Messiah is a Hebrew term that means “Anointed One.” It is essentially equivalent to the Greek title “Christ,” found in the New Testament. 

Messianic psalms point us to the coming of Christ by describing what the Messiah would be like and what he would do. Psalm 2, for example, details that the nations would rise against the Messiah—but would not ultimately prevail, and Paul writes in Acts 4:24-28 that this prophecy was fulfilled on the day of Christ’s crucifixion.