Psalms is filled with laughter.
Psalm 126:1 When the LORD brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men who dreamed.
2 Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy …
shout
joy
rejoice
glad
Psalm 33:3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully,
and shout for joy.
Psalm 100:1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
Psalms is filled with laments:
Psalm 13:1 How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.
The Psalm of lament
1. Permission to speak
Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.
Psalm 22:19 But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
2. Permission to speak
Psalm 22:2 O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.
3. Permission to speak
Psalm 22:11 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
Psalm 22:19 But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me. 20 Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs. 21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
4. Permission to speak
Psalm 22:22 I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you. 23 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel! 24 For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
Psalm 22:31 They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn — for he has done it.
Psalms 22:1 For the director of music. To [the tune of] “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.
The Psalm of the Messiah: The crucifixion of Jesus
Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
2.
Psalm 22:7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads: 8 “He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”
3.
Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.
4.
Psalm 22:16 … they have pierced my hands and my feet.
5.
Psalm 22:18 They divide my garments among them and
cast lots for my clothing.