The twenty-second Psalm is a psalm of King David, but in reality, it is a psalm of the Messiah. Jesus quoted the opening stanza to this psalm just prior to his death on the cross: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” They are the words of David, taken up by the greater David, Jesus, who would be born in David’s line. Whether or not David knew he was speaking of the future Messiah is unknown, but it is clear that David was also speaking of his own life.