Psalm 22:1-5

Why Have You Forsaken Me?

To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David.

1
u My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so v far from saving me, from the words of my w groaning?
 2 O my God, I cry by x day, but you do not answer,
and by night, but I find no rest.

3 Yet you are y holy,
z enthroned on a the praises 1 of Israel.
 4 In you our fathers trusted;
they trusted, and you delivered them.
 5 To you they b cried and were rescued;
in you they c trusted and were not put to shame.

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 27:46
    And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
    Mark 15:34
    And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 22:11
    Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 32:3
    For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
    Psalms 38:8
    I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
    Job 3:24
    For my sighing comes instead of my bread, and my groanings are poured out like water.
    Isaiah 59:11
    We all growl like bears; we moan and moan like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
    Hebrews 5:7
    In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 88:1
    O Lord, God of my salvation; I cry out day and night before you.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:2
    Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 80:1
    Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
    Psalms 99:1
    The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 9:11
    Sing praises to the Lord, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
    Psalms 9:14
    That I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.
    Psalms 65:1
    Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall vows be performed.
    Psalms 102:21
    That they may declare in Zion the name of the Lord, and in Jerusalem his praise.
    Psalms 147:12
    Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
  8. Cross References
    Judges 3:9
    But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 25:2
    O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
    Psalms 31:1
    In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me!
    Psalms 71:1
    In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame!
    Isaiah 49:23
    Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord ; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.
    Romans 9:33
    As it is written, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.
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