Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

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

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?

A Conservative Version

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

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

Images Psalm 22:1

Prayers for Psalm 22:1

Context Readings

From Suffering To Praise

1 My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from delivering me from my groaning words? 2 My God, I cry out to you throughout the day, but you do not answer; and throughout the night, but I have no rest.



Cross References

Matthew 27:46

About three o'clock, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eli, eli, lema sabachthani?", which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

Mark 15:34

At three o'clock, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")

Job 3:24

"As far as I'm concerned, my food comes to me in the form of sighs, and my cries of anguish pour out like water.

Psalm 38:8

I am weak and utterly crushed; I cry out in distress because of my heart's anguish.

Psalm 22:16

For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of those who practice of evil has encircled me. They gouged my hands and my feet.

Isaiah 59:11

We all growl like bears; we sigh mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, and for deliverance, but it's far from us.

Hebrews 5:7

As a mortal man, he offered up prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.

1 Samuel 12:22

Indeed, the LORD won't abandon His people for the sake of His great name, for the LORD desires to make you a people for himself.

Psalm 10:1

Why do you stand far away, LORD? Why do you hide in times of distress?

Psalm 16:1

Keep me safe, God, for I take refuge in you.

Psalm 22:11

Do not be so distant from me, for trouble is at hand; indeed, there is no deliverer.

Psalm 26:9

Do not group me with sinners, nor include me with men who shed blood.

Psalm 31:14-16

But I trust in you, LORD. I say, "You are my God."

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away by my groaning all day long.

Psalm 37:28

Indeed, the LORD loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They are kept safe forever, but the lawless will be chased away, and the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.

Psalm 42:1-2

As an antelope pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, God.

Psalm 43:1-5

You be my judge, God, and plead my case against an unholy nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Psalm 71:11

and say, "God has abandoned him. Run after him and seize him, because there's no deliverer."

Isaiah 46:13

My righteousness is brought near and it's not far off, and my salvation won't delay. I'll grant salvation in Zion, and to Israel, my glory."

Luke 22:44

In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like large drops of blood falling on the ground.

Luke 24:44

Then he told them, "These are the words that I spoke to you while I was still with you that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to be fulfilled."

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for God has said, "I will never leave you or abandon you."

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