Adapted from Out of the Depths: The Psalms Speak for Us Today by Bernhard W. Anderson, pp.225-225.
“Echoes of Old Testament psalms are heard in more New Testament passages than those included in this list, which is confined for the most part to direct quotations or specific allusions.”
| Psalm Reference | New Testament Context |
|---|---|
| Ps. 2: 1-2 | Acts 4:25-26 |
| Ps. 2:1, 5 | Rev. 11:18 |
| Ps. 2:7 | Acts 13:33; Heb. 1:5; 5:5 |
| Ps. 2:8-9 | Rev. 2:26-27; 12:5; 19:15 |
| Ps. 4:4 | Eph. 4:26 |
| Ps. 5:9 | Rom. 3:13 |
| Ps. 6:8 | Matt. 7:23; Luke 13:27 |
| Ps. 8:2 | Matt. 21:16 |
| Ps. 8:4-6 | Heb. 2:6-8 |
| Ps. 8:6 | 1 Cor. 15:27; Eph. 1:22 |
| Ps. 10:7 | Rom. 3:14 |
| Ps. 14:1- 2 | Rom. 3:10-12 |
| Ps. 16:8-11 | Acts 2:25-28, 31 |
| Ps. 16:10 | Acts 2:31; 13:35 |
| Ps. 18:49 | Rom. 15:9 |
| Ps. 19:4 | Rom. 10:18 |
| Ps. 19:9 | Rev. 16:7; 19:2 |
| Ps. 22:1 | Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34 |
| Ps. 22:7-8 | Matt. 27:39; Mark 15:29; Luke 23:35 |
| Ps. 22:8 | Matt. 27:43 |
| Ps. 22:13 | 1 Pet. 5:8 |
| Ps. 22:16 ( cf. 69:21) | John 19:28 |
| Ps. 22:18 | Matt. 7:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:24 |
| Ps. 22:21 | 2 Tim. 4:17 |
| Ps. 22:22 | Heb. 2:12, 17 |
| Ps. 23:1-2 | Rev. 7:17 |
| Ps. 24:1 (cf. 50:12) | 1 Cor. 10:26 |
| Ps. 31:5 | Luke 23:46 |
| Ps. 32:1-2 | Rom. 4:7-8 |
| Ps. 33:3 | Rev. 5:9; 14:3 |
| Ps. 34:8 | 1 Pet. 2:3 |
| Ps. 34:12-16 | 1 Pet. 3:10-12 |
| Ps. 34:20 | John 19:36 |
| Ps. 35:19 | John 15:25 |
| Ps. 36:1 | Rom. 3:18 |
| Ps. 37:11 | Matt. 5:5 |
| Ps. 40:6-8 | Heb. 10:5-7, 8-10 |
| Ps. 41:9 | John 13:18 |
| Ps. 42:6, 12; 43:5 | Matt. 26:38: Mark 14:34 |
| Ps. 44:22 | Rom. 8:36 |
| Ps. 45:6-7 | Heb.1:8-9 |
| Ps. 48:2 | Matt. 5:35 |
| Ps. 50:12 (cf. 24:1) | 1 Cor. 10:26 |
| Ps. 50:14, 23 | Matt. 5:33; Heb. 13:15 |
| Ps. 51:4 | Rom. 3:4 |
| Ps. 53:1-2 | Rom. 3:10-12 |
| Ps. 55:22 | 1 Pet. 5:7 |
| Ps. 66:18 | Eph. 4:8 |
| Ps. 69:4 | John 15:25 |
| Ps. 69:9 | John 2:17; Rom. 15:3 |
| Ps. 69:21 | Matt. 27:34, 48; Mark 15:36: Luke 23:36; John 19:28 |
| Ps. 69:22-23 | Rom. 11:9-10 |
| Ps. 69:25 | Acts 1:20 |
| Ps. 69:28 | Rev. 3:5; 17:8; 20:12: 21:27 |
| Ps. 75:8 | Rev. 14:10 |
| Ps. 78:2 | Matt. 13:35 |
| Ps. 78:24 (cf. 105:40) | John 6:31 |
| Ps. 82:6 | John 10:34 |
| Ps. 86:8-10 | Rev. 3:9; 15:4 |
| Ps. 89:3-4 | Acts 2:30 |
| Ps. 89:26-27 (cf. 2 Sam. 7:14) | Heb. 1:5b |
| Ps. 89:27 | Rev. 1:5 |
| Ps. 90:4 | 2 Pet. 3:8 |
| Ps. 91:11-12 | Matt 4:6; Luke 4:10-11 |
| Ps. 91:13 | Luke 10:19 |
| Ps. 94:11 | 1 Cor. 3:20 |
| Ps. 94:14 | Rom. 11:1-2 |
| Ps. 95:7-8 | Heb. 4:7 |
| Ps. 95:7-11 | Heb. 3:7-11 |
| Ps. 95:11 | Heb. 4:3 |
| Ps. 97:7 | Heb. 1:6 |
| Ps. 102:25-27 | Heb. 1:10-12 |
| Ps. 103:8 (cf. 111:4) | James 5:11 |
| Ps. 104:4 | Heb. 1:7 |
| Ps. 105:40 (cf. 78:24) | John 6:31 |
| Ps. 106:20 | Rom. 1:23 |
| Ps. 109:8 | Acts 1:20 |
| Ps. 109:25 | Mat 27:39; Mark 15:29 |
| Ps. 110:1 | Matt. 22:44; 26:64; Mark 12:36; 14:62; 16:19; Luke 20:42-43; 22:69; Acts 2:34-35; 1 Cor. 15:25; Eph. 1:20; Col. 3:1; Heb. 1:13; 8:1; 10:12-13: 12:2 |
| Ps. 110:4 | Heb. 5:6; 7:17; 7:21 |
| Ps. 112:9 | 2 Cor. 9:9 |
| Ps. 115:4-7 | Rev. 9:20 |
| Ps. 115:13 | Rev. 11:18; 19:5 |
| Ps. 116:10 | 2 Cor. 4:13 |
| Ps. 117:1 | Rom. 15:11 |
| Ps. 118:6 | Heb. 13:6 |
| Ps. 118:22-23 | Matt. 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:7 |
| Ps. 118:25-26 | Matt. 21:9, 15; Mark 11:9-10; John 12:13 |
| Ps. 118:26 | Matt. 23:39; Luke 13:35; 19:38 |
| Ps. 132:5 | Acts 7:46 |
| Ps. 132:11 | Acts 2:30 |
| Ps. 135:15-17 | Rev. 9:20 |
| Ps. 137:8 | Rev. 18:6 |
| Ps. 137:9 | Luke 19:44 |
| Ps. 140:3 | Rom. 3:13 |
| Ps. 143:2 | Rom. 3:20; Gal. 2:16 |
| Ps. 146:6 | Acts 2:24; 14:15; Rev. 10:6 |