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Psalms 22:1

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

KJV

Psalmus David. Dominus regit me, et nihil mihi deerit :

Vulgate

Ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυείδ. Κύριος ποιμαίνει με, καὶ οὐδέν με ὑστερήσει.

LXX

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou sofar from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

ASV

לַ֭/מְנַצֵּחַ עַל אַיֶּ֥לֶת הַ/שַּׁ֗חַר מִזְמ֥וֹר לְ/דָוִֽד

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַיֶּ֥לֶת
'ylt
noun · 3×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
מְנַצֵּ֥חַ
mntsch
verb · 65×
מִזְמ֥וֹר
mzmvr
noun · 57×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָּֽׁחַר
shchr
noun · 25×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Matt 27:46 · exact_quote
    "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
    Jesus quotes Psalm 22: my God, why have you forsaken me

Themes

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Trees which have been planted, and have had the advantage of all other care, and the hands and the labors of the cultivator, and yet yield no return for the labors, are pulled up by the roots, and handed over to the fire. So somewhat of this kind takes place also in the case of our Illumination. For when Christ has planted us, and we have enjoyed the watering of the Spirit, …
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? This Psalm is preeminently the Psalm of the Cross. Christ himself uttered these words upon the cross. The details of piercing the hands and feet, casting lots for the garments, the mockery of the bystanders — all were literally fulfilled in the passion of Christ. Yet the Psalm ends in triumph, with the declaration that all the ends of …
Q. Why does the creed add: He descended to hell? A. To assure me in times of personal crisis and temptation that Christ my Lord, by suffering unspeakable anguish, pain, and terror of soul, especially on the cross but also earlier, has delivered me from the anguish and torment of hell.
Rashi reads Psalm 22 as David's own prayer in a time of profound personal distress, not as a prophecy about a future person. "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" is the cry of David in exile or persecution. The details — the mocking, the casting of lots for garments — describe David's own experiences. Rashi thereby provides the standard Jewish counter-reading to the Chri…
'My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?' See Ps. xxii. 1 and Matt. xxvii. 46 and Mark xv. 34. These are the words of Christ upon the Cross. The Psalm is spoken in the person of Christ crucified. Not that God the Father forsook the Son; but the human nature, which He took upon Himself, cried out in its weakness. For He truly suffered, and His suffering was real, not feigned.…
And when crucified, He spoke: 'O God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?' See Ps. xxii. 1. And the rest of the Psalm makes clear that it was spoken of Christ. For it says: 'All they that see Me laughed Me to scorn; they spake with the lips, they shook the head, saying: He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him, since He desires Him.' See Ps. xxii. 7-8. And this did happen. For the…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:3 — For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
  • 1Sam 12:22 — For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
  • 2Cor 4:9 — Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
  • Acts 26:23 — That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
  • Hab 1:2 — O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
  • Heb 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
  • Heb 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
  • Heb 13:5 — Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
  • Isa 46:13 — I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
  • Job 3:24 — For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
  • Lev 2:6 — Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
  • Luke 18:31 — Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
  • Luke 22:22 — And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
  • Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
  • Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
  • Luke 24:46 — And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
  • Mark 9:12 — And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
  • Mark 14:32 — And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
  • Mark 15:34 — And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
  • Mark 15:34 — And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
  • Matt 26:24 — The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
  • Matt 26:36 — Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
  • Matt 26:42 — He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
  • Matt 26:54 — But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
  • Matt 27:46 — And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
  • Matt 27:46 — And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
  • Ps 4:1 — Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
  • Ps 10:1 — Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
  • Ps 10:1 — Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
  • Ps 13:1 — How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
  • Ps 22:11 — Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
  • Ps 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
  • Ps 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
  • Ps 25:2 — O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
  • Ps 31:14 — But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
  • Ps 32:3 — When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
  • Ps 32:3 — When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
  • Ps 42:1 — As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
  • Ps 42:6 — O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
  • Ps 43:1 — Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.