“... Far more salient than these faint echoes of Isaiah’s Servant are several Matthean narrative devices that strengthen the connection of Jesus’ death to the suffering figure of Psalm 22 and Psalm 69. We have discussed above the way in which Matthew, in comparison to Mark, binds his account of the crucifixion more closely to Psalm 69 by the addition of narrative details that allude to the wording of Psalm 69:21 (68:22 LXX), the offering of gall as well as vinegar. And of course, Matthew, following Mark, recounts Jesus’ dying cry of Psalm 22:1, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” as the climactic moment of the crucifixion account (Matthew 27:46). Just as strikingly, immediately preceding this terrible moment, Matthew has distinctively prepared the way for the cry by placing in the mouths of the mocking chief priests, scribes, and elders a taunt derived from another verse of the same psalm: “He trusted in God; let God deliver him now if he wants to” (27:43; compare Psalm 22:9 [21:9 LXX]; compare Wisdom of Solomon 2:13, 18). There can be no doubt that we are meant to recall these texts and read Matthew’s account of Jesus’ suffering and death against the background of these psalms of suffering, lament, and ultimate vindication. ...”