Psalms 22:2
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
In Context
1Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David.
Cross References
Psalms 55:16Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.
Psalms 88:1A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite.
Lamentations 3:44Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through.
Luke 6:12And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and he passed the whole night in the prayer of God.
Luke 22:41And he was withdrawn away from them a stone's cast; and kneeling down, he prayed,
2 Timothy 1:3I give thanks to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that without ceasing, I have a remembrance of thee in my prayers, night and day.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:2-11
Sorrowful Complaints. 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? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men,… Read the whole commentary →