Why Have You Forsaken Me?

Psalm 22

1 My a God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Why are You so far from helping Me,
And from the words of My groaning? 2 O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear;
And in the night season, and am not silent.

3 But You are holy,
Enthroned in the b praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in You;
They trusted, and You delivered them. 5 They cried to You, and were delivered;
c They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.

6 But I am d a worm, and no man;
e A reproach of men, and despised by the people. 7 f All those who see Me ridicule Me;
They 1 shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 "He g 2 trusted in the LORD, let Him rescue Him;
h Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!"

9 i But You are He who took Me out of the womb;
You made Me trust while on My mother's breasts. 10 I was cast upon You from birth.
From My mother's womb
j You have been My God. 11 Be not far from Me,
For trouble is near;
For there is none to help.

12 k Many bulls have surrounded Me;
Strong bulls of l Bashan have encircled Me. 13 m They 3 gape at Me with their mouths,
Like a raging and roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water,
n And all My bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It has melted 4 within Me. 15 o My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And p My tongue clings to My jaws;
You have brought Me to the dust of death.

16 For dogs have surrounded Me;
The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.
q They 5 pierced My hands and My feet; 17 I can count all My bones.
r They look and stare at Me. 18 s They divide My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.

19 But You, O LORD, do not be far from Me;
O My Strength, hasten to help Me! 20 Deliver Me from the sword,
t My 6 precious life from the power of the dog. 21 u Save Me from the lion's mouth
And from the horns of the wild oxen!
v You have answered Me.

22 w I will declare Your name to x My brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You. 23 y You who fear the LORD, praise Him!
All you 7 descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel! 24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from Him;
But z when He cried to Him, He heard.

25 a My praise shall be of You in the great assembly;
b I will pay My vows before those who fear Him. 26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the LORD.
Let your heart live forever!

27 All the ends of the world
Shall remember and turn to the LORD,
And all the families of the 8 nations
Shall worship before 9 You. 28 c For the kingdom is the LORD's,
And He rules over the nations.

29 d All the prosperous of the earth
Shall eat and worship;
e All those who go down to 10 the dust
Shall bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep himself alive. 30 A posterity shall serve Him.
It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation, 31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born,
That He has done this.

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 27:46
    And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
    Mark 15:34
    And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is translated, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:21
    He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
    Psalms 148:14
    And He has exalted the horn of His people, The praise of all His saints - Of the children of Israel, A people near to Him. Praise the LORD!
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 49:23
    Kings shall be your foster fathers, And their queens your nursing mothers; They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, And lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD, For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.
  4. Cross References
    Job 25:6
    How much less man, who is a maggot, And a son of man, who is a worm?
    Isaiah 41:14
    Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel! I will help you," says the LORD And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 109:25
    I also have become a reproach to them; When they look at me, they shake their heads.
    Isaiah 53:3
    He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
    Matthew 27:39 - 44
    And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads
  6. Cross References
    Matthew 27:39
    And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads
    Mark 15:29
    And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads and saying, "Aha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days.
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 27:43
    "He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
    Luke 23:35
    And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them sneered, saying, "He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 91:14
    Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 71:5
    For You are my hope, O Lord GOD; You are my trust from my youth.
    Psalms 71:6
    By You I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother's womb. My praise shall be continually of You.
  10. Cross References
    Isaiah 46:3
    Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been upheld by Me from birth, Who have been carried from the womb:
    Isaiah 49:1
    Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.
    Luke 1:35
    And the angel answered and said to her, " The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 22:21
    Save Me from the lion's mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me.
    Psalms 68:30
    Rebuke the beasts of the reeds, The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples, Till everyone submits himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples who delight in war.
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:14
    Curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs; And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the choicest wheat; And you drank wine, the blood of the grapes.
  13. Cross References
    Job 16:10
    They gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.
    Psalms 35:21
    They also opened their mouth wide against me, And said, "Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it.
    Lamentations 2:16
    All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, "We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; We have found it, we have seen it! #8221.
    Lamentations 3:46
    All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 31:10
    For my life is spent with grief, And my years with sighing; My strength fails because of my iniquity, And my bones waste away.
    Daniel 5:6
    Then the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened and his knees knocked against each other.
  15. Cross References
    Proverbs 17:22
    A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.
  16. Cross References
    John 19:28
    After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I thirst!
  17. Cross References
    Isaiah 53:7
    He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.
    Matthew 27:35
    Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: "They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.
    John 20:25
    The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord." So he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.
  18. Cross References
    Luke 23:27
    And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him.
    Luke 23:35
    And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them sneered, saying, "He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God.
  19. Cross References
    Matthew 27:35
    Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: "They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.
    Mark 15:24
    And when they crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots for them to determine what every man should take.
    Luke 23:34
    Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." And they divided His garments and cast lots.
    John 19:24
    They said therefore among themselves, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: "They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things.
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 35:17
    Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue me from their destructions, My precious life from the lions.
  21. Cross References
    2 Timothy 4:17
    But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
  22. Cross References
    Isaiah 34:7
    The wild oxen shall come down with them, And the young bulls with the mighty bulls; Their land shall be soaked with blood, And their dust saturated with fatness.
  23. Cross References
    Matthew 4:23
    And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
    Mark 1:21
    Then they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and taught.
    Mark 1:39
    And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and casting out demons.
    Hebrews 2:12
    Saying: "I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.
  24. Cross References
    Romans 8:29
    For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
  25. Cross References
    Psalms 135:19
    Bless the LORD, O house of Israel! Bless the LORD, O house of Aaron!
    Psalms 135:20
    Bless the LORD, O house of Levi! You who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
  26. Cross References
    Psalms 31:22
    For I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before Your eyes"; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried out to You.
    Hebrews 5:7
    Who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear.
  27. Cross References
    Psalms 35:18
    I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
    Psalms 40:9
    I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness In the great assembly; Indeed, I do not restrain my lips, O LORD, You Yourself know.
    Psalms 40:10
    I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth From the great assembly.
  28. Cross References
    Psalms 61:8
    So I will sing praise to Your name forever, That I may daily perform my vows.
    Ecclesiastes 5:4
    When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed -
  29. Cross References
    Psalms 47:7
    For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with understanding.
    Zechariah 14:9
    And the LORD shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be - "The LORD is one," And His name one.
    Matthew 6:13
    And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
  30. Cross References
    Psalms 17:10
    They have closed up their fat hearts; With their mouths they speak proudly.
    Psalms 45:12
    And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; The rich among the people will seek your favor.
    Habakkuk 1:16
    Therefore they sacrifice to their net, And burn incense to their dragnet; Because by them their share is sumptuous And their food plentiful.
  31. Cross References
    Psalms 28:1
    To You I will cry, O LORD my Rock: Do not be silent to me, Lest, if You are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
    Isaiah 26:19
    Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.
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