Psalm 22:1 {21:1}
Good News Translation
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I have cried desperately for help, but still it does not come.

New Revised Standard Version
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?

Contemporary English Version
My God, my God, why have you deserted me? Why are you so far away? Won't you listen to my groans and come to my rescue?

New American Bible
For the leader; according to “The deer of the dawn.” A psalm of David. [2] My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why so far from my call for help, from my cries of anguish?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David. [2] O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David. [2] O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.

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2962 B.C.

1042 (Title) Aijeleth. or, the hind of the morning

Psalm 22:16 For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.

Psalm 42:1,2 Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core. [2] As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after thee, O God. . . .

my God

Psalm 31:14-16 But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God. . . .

Psalm 43:1-5 A psalm for David. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man. . . .

Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani? That is, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani? Which is, being interpreted: My God, My God, Why hast thou forsaken me?

Luke 24:44 And he said to them: These are the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled which are written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, concerning me.

why hast

Psalm 26:9 Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:

Psalm 37:28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 71:11 Saying: God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.

1 Samuel 12:22 And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people.

Hebrews 13:5 Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee.

far

Psalm 22:11 Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me.

Psalm 16:1 The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee.

helping [heb.

Isaiah 46:13 I have brought my justice near, it shall not be afar off: and my salvation shall not tarry. I will give salvation in Sion, and my glory in Israel.

words

Psalm 32:3,4 Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long. . . .

Psalm 38:8 I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly: I roared with the groaning of my heart.

Job 3:24 Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:

Isaiah 59:11 We shall roar all of us like bears, and shall lament as mournful doves. We have looked for judgment, and there is none: for salvation, and it is far from us.

Luke 22:44 And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground.

Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering up prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, was heard for his reverence.

Context
The Psalm of the Cross
1Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David. [2] O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.2O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.…
Cross References
Matthew 27:46
And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani? That is, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Mark 15:34
And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani? Which is, being interpreted: My God, My God, Why hast thou forsaken me?

Luke 18:31
Then Jesus took unto him the twelve and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the prophets concerning the Son of man.

Job 3:24
Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:

Psalm 6:6
I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears.

Psalm 10:1
Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?

Psalm 32:3
Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long.

Psalm 38:8
I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly: I roared with the groaning of my heart.

Habakkuk 1:2
How long, O Lord, shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? shall I cry out to thee suffering violence, and thou wilt not save?

Psalm 21:13
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