Psalm 22

From Suffering to Praise

For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.”[a] A Davidic psalm.

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?(A)
Why are You so far from my deliverance(B)
and from my words of groaning?[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:1 Perhaps a musical term
  2. Psalm 22:1 Or My words of groaning are so far from delivering me

Psalm 22[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?(A)
    Why are you so far(B) from saving me,
    so far from my cries of anguish?(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.

22 You saw it, Lord; do not be silent.
Lord, do not be far from me.(A)

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22 Lord, you have seen(A) this; do not be silent.
    Do not be far(B) from me, Lord.

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21 Lord, do not abandon me;
my God, do not be far from me.(A)

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21 Lord, do not forsake me;(A)
    do not be far(B) from me, my God.

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12 God, do not be far from me;
my God, hurry to help me.(A)

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12 Do not be far(A) from me, my God;
    come quickly, God, to help(B) me.

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