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Jesus Wept: The Significance of Jesus’ Laments in the New Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

Lament does not seem to be a pervasive feature of the New Testament, particularly when viewed in relation to the Old Testament. A careful investigation of the New Testament, however, reveals that it thoroughly incorporates the pattern of Old Testament lament into its proclamation of the gospel, especially in the person of Jesus Christ as he both prays and embodies lament. As an act that...

separation from God (Ps. 88:5–7). And in John, Jesus thirsts, a motif that typically indicates a desire for God (Ps. 63) or the absence of God (Ps. 42:2–3). The basic assumption of biblical lament is not absence; it is God’s presence and God’s faithfulness. Lament presumes God as an active hearer. Because the psalmist is attentive to God, he is painfully aware of the silence or hiddenness of God. Lament about this lost sense of presence depends on trust (if wounded trust) in God’s presence and faithfulness.
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