Psalms 22:1
“To the chief musician upon Ayeleth-hashachar, a psalm of David.” (22:2) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from saving me, and from the words of my loud complaint?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2(22:3) O my God! I call in the day-time, but thou answerest not; and in the night I find no rest.
Cross References
Leviticus 2:6Thou shalt break it in pieces, and pour thereon oil: it is a meat-offering.
Job 3:24For before my food cometh my groaning, and like the water are poured forth my loud complaints.
Psalms 16:1“A Michtham of David.” Preserve me, O God; for I have placed my trust in thee.
Psalms 22:16(22:17) For dogs have encompassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: like lions [they threaten] my hands and my feet.
Psalms 31:14(31:15) But I trusted well in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
Psalms 37:28For the Lord loveth justice, and never forsaketh his pious servants: they are for ever preserved; but the seed of the wicked will 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 →