Psalms 22:1
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
Cross References
Leviticus 2:6Crumble it and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.
Job 3:24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Psalms 16:1A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Psalms 31:14But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring 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 →