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Psalms 22:1 — King James Version← Study notes

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?


Psalms 22:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 22:16 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ֭/מְנַצֵּחַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אַיֶּ֥לֶתʾayelet
hindnounH365
Aijeleth
הַ/שַּׁ֗חַרhašaḥar
the dawnparticleH7837
early · light · morning · whence riseth
מִזְמ֥וֹרmizəmwōr
a psalmnounH4210
לְ/דָוִֽדlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 22:1

To the end, for the taking up of the morning, a psalm of David. 1. “To the end,” for His own resurrection, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself speaks. John 20:1-17 For in the morning on the first day of the week was His resurrection, whereby He was taken up, into eternal life, “Over whom death shall have no more dominion.” Romans 6:9 Now what follows is spoken in the person of The Crucified. For from the head of this Psalm are the words, which He cried out, while hanging on the…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 22
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Jonas ErikssonNote3mo ago
My God, my God
The opening of Psalm 22 is one of the most raw things in all of scripture. It is lament without resolution at the start. And yet the psalmist keeps speaking to God. That is the model - not pretending ...
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