A logical extension of the belief that all the Scriptures point towards the Christ is that each of the Psalms is Messianic, not just some of them. Still it is remarkable the number of Psalms which are directly related to Christ in the New Testament.
As far as I have been able to find, there are at least 20 of the 150 Psalms that are directly referenced in the New Testament as being related to Jesus Christ. There are several other likely or possible Messianic references as seen in the chart below.
| Psalm | Verses | References | Verses | References | Verses | References | Verses | |
2
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1-2 | Acts 4:25; (Rev 19:19) | (6) | (Rev 14:1) | 7 | Acts 13:33; Heb 1:5; 5:5 | 9 | Rev 19:15; (2:27) |
8
|
2 | Mt 21:16 | 4 - 6 | Heb 2:6-8; 1 Cor 15:27 | ||||
16
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8-11 | Acts 2:25-28, 31; 13:35 | ||||||
18
|
(2) | (Heb 2:13b) | ||||||
22
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1 | Mt 27:46; Mk 15:34 | 18 | Mt 27:35; Jn 19:24 | 22 | Heb 2:12 | ||
31
|
5 | Lk 23:46 | ||||||
34
|
20 | Jn 19:36; (Ex 12:46) | ||||||
35
|
11 | Mt 26:60 (allusion) | ||||||
40
|
6-8 | Heb 10:5-9 | ||||||
41
|
9 | Jn 13:18 | 10 | MESSIANIC? | ||||
45
|
6-7 | Heb 1:8-9 | ||||||
68
|
18 | Eph 4:8 | ||||||
69
|
4 | Jn 15:25 | 9 | Jn 2:17; Rom 15:3 | 21 | Acts 1:20 | 25 | Acts 1:20 |
78
|
2 | Mt 13:35 | ||||||
86
|
(6) | (Jn 10:34) | ||||||
89
|
3-4, 35-36 | Acts 2:29-30 | ||||||
91
|
11 - 12 | Mt 4:6; Lk 4:11-12 | ||||||
96
|
(13) | (Rev 19:11) | ||||||
97
|
(7) | (Heb 1:6) | ||||||
102
|
25-27 | Heb 1:10-12 | ||||||
109
|
3 | Jn 15:25 | 8, 17 | Acts 1:20; Jn 17:20 | ||||
110
|
1 | Mt 22:42; Mk 12:36; Lk 20:42, 43; Acts 2:34-35; Heb 1:13 | 4 | Heb 5:6, 10; 7:17, 21 | (5-6) | (Rev 6:15-17) | ||
118
|
22-23 | Mt 21:42; Mk 12:10-11; Lk 20:17; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet 2:7 | 25-26 | Mt 21:9; Mk 11:9; Lk 13:35; 19:38; Jn 12:13 | ||||
132
|
11 | Acts 2:29-30 |
A beautiful depiction of the interlocking nature of the Bible's text is available here.
The chart above as an image:
Kindly message me if you see any errors in the chart!
Related post: on the use of the OT
