Psalm 22:1-2

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.

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.