Psalms 22:1
{To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou] far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:
Cross References
Leviticus 2:6Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is an oblation.
Job 3:24For my sighing cometh before my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.
Psalms 16:1{Michtam of David.} Preserve me, O God: for I trust in thee.
Psalms 22:16For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalms 31:14But I confided in thee, Jehovah; I said, thou art my God.
Psalms 37:28for Jehovah loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: They are preserved for ever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:1
The Spirit of Christ, which was in the prophets, testifies in this psalm, as clearly and fully as any where in all the Old Testament, "the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow" ( 1 Pet. i. 11 ); of him, no doubt, David here speaks, and not of himself, or any other man. Much of it is expressly applied to Christ in the New Testament, all of it may be applied to him, and some of it must be understood of him only. The providences of God concerning David were so very extraordinary that we may suppose… Read the whole commentary →