How should Christians study the Psalms?

Summary

The Psalms serve as a divinely provided vocabulary for believers to express themselves to God, covering a range of emotions from praise to lament. Jesus himself deeply engaged with and reflected the language of the Psalms in his thinking and earthly life. Therefore, when reading the Psalms, we should discern their affective categories and consistently ask how Jesus would have understood and experienced them, recognizing them as pointers to Christ.