Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, [and] the words of my groaning?

New American Standard Bible

For the choir director; upon Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.

King James Version

{To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Holman Bible

For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A Davidic psalm.My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Why are You so far from my deliverance
and from my words of groaning?

International Standard Version

My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from delivering me from my groaning words?

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

Bible in Basic English

My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?

Darby Translation

{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?

Julia Smith Translation

To the overseer upon the first place of the dawn; chanting of David. My God, my God, wherefore forsookest thou me? far off from my salvation the words of my groaning.

King James 2000

[To the Chief Musician upon aijeleth shahar. A Psalm of David.] My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

Lexham Expanded Bible

My God, my God why have you forsaken me? [Why are you] far from helping me, [far from] the words of my groaning?

Modern King James verseion

To the Chief Musician, on the deer of the dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me, and are far from my deliverance, and from the words of my groaning?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

{To the Chanter, upon Aijeleth of the dawning, a Psalm of David} My God, my God: why hast thou forsaken me, and art so far from my health and from the words of my complaint?

NET Bible

For the music director; according to the tune "Morning Doe;" a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

New Heart English Bible

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

The Emphasized Bible

My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation?

Webster

To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

World English Bible

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

Youngs Literal Translation

To the Overseer, on 'The Hind of the Morning.' -- A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 22:1

Devotionals containing Psalm 22:1

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Context Readings

From Suffering To Praise

1 My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, [and] the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answer not, and in the night season, and I am not silent.



Cross References

Matthew 27:46

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a great voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is, My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me?

Mark 15:34

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a great voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me?

Job 3:24

For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like water.

Psalm 38:8

I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned because of the disquietness of my heart.

Psalm 22:16

For dogs have encompassed me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. {They pierced (LXX/DSS)} my hands and my feet.

Isaiah 59:11

We all roar like bears, and moan greatly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Hebrews 5:7

Who, in the days of his flesh, having offered up both prayers and supplications with strong shouting and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence,

1 Samuel 12:22

For LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased LORD to make you a people to himself.

Psalm 10:1

Why do thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble?

Psalm 16:1

Preserve me, O God, for in thee do I take refuge.

Psalm 22:11

Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.

Psalm 26:9

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood,

Psalm 31:14-16

But I trusted in thee, O LORD. I said, Thou are my God.

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all the day long.

Psalm 37:28

For LORD loves justice, and forsakes not his sanctified. They are preserved forever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Psalm 42:1-2

As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after thee, O God.

Psalm 43:1-5

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against a profane nation. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Psalm 71:11

saying, God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver.

Isaiah 46:13

I bring near my righteousness. It shall not be far off. And my salvation shall not tarry, and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

Luke 22:44

And having become in agony he prayed more intensely, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Luke 24:44

And he said to them, These are the words that I spoke to you while still being with you, that it is necessary for all things that are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms about me to be fulfulled.

Hebrews 13:5

The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.

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