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Psalms 22:2
2My God! I call aloud to you for help every day, all day and all night! But you do not answer my prayers, so I cannot sleep.
Psalms 22:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
- New International Version (NIV)My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Context of Psalms 22:2
1My God! My God, why have you left me alone? Why is my help far away? I am crying out in great pain! My God! I call aloud to you for help every day, all day and all night! But you do not answer my prayers, so I cannot sleep. 3I know that you are the Holy God. You sit on your throne as king, and Israel's people praise you. 4Our ancestors trusted in you. When they trusted you, you saved them.
Read all of Psalms 22Psalms 22:2 word by word
אֱֽלֹהַ֗י אֶקְרָ֣א י֭וֹמָם וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֶ֑ה וְ֝לַ֗יְלָה וְֽלֹא־דֽוּמִיָּ֥ה לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 22:2
- Psalms 42:3All day and all night I weep. My tears are my only food! My enemies say to me all the time, ‘Where is your God?’
- Psalms 55:16But I will call to God for help. The Lord will make me safe.
- Psalms 88:1Lord, you are the God who rescues me. I call out to you in the day, and I pray for help at night.
- Luke 18:7But as for God, he always helps those that he has chosen to be his children. When they continue to ask him for help, in the day and in the night, he will answer them. He will not wait.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10We pray very much for you, during the day and during the night. We ask God to give us the chance to visit you again. We want to help you to understand the things that you still need to know. Then you will be able to trust Christ even more.
- 2 Timothy 1:3Like my ancestors, I serve God in a good way, that I know is right. When I pray to God, at night and during the day, I always remember to pray for you. And I thank God for you.
- Psalms 80:4Lord God Almighty, we, your people, are praying to you. How long will you continue to be angry with us?
- Lamentations 3:8I shout and I pray for help, but God does not listen.
- Luke 6:12One day Jesus went up a mountain to pray. He remained there all night and he was praying to God.
- Luke 22:41Then he went away from them about as far as you can throw a stone. He went down on his knees and he prayed,
- Matthew 26:44So Jesus went away from them again and he prayed a third time. He said the same words to God.
Commentaries on Psalms 22:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I cry in the day-time, and in the night-season - This seems to be David's own experience; and the words seem to refer to his own case alone. Though I am not heard, and thou appearest to forget or abandon me; yet I continue to cry both day and night after thy salvation.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2O my God, I cry in the daytime - This, in connection with what is said at the close of the verse, “and in the night-season,” means that his cry was incessant or constant. See the notes at Psalm 1:2. The whole expression denotes that his prayer or cry was continuous, but that it was not heard. As applicable to the Redeemer it refers not merely to the moment when he uttered the cry as stated in Psalm 22:1, but to the continuous sufferings which he endured…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The psalmist feels deeply separated from God (see Psalm 10:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. The long distress is evinced by-- am not silent--literally, "not silence to me," either meaning, I continually cry; or, corresponding with "thou hearest not," or answerest not, it may mean, there is no rest or quiet to me.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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