English Standard Version
Psalms 22:2
2O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer. Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief.
Context of Psalms 22:2
1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. 3Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. 4In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered 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 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"
- Psalms 55:16But I call to God, and the Lord will save me.
- Psalms 88:1O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you.
- Luke 18:7And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10as we pray most earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?
- 2 Timothy 1:3I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.
- Psalms 80:4O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
- Lamentations 3:8though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer;
- Luke 6:12In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.
- Luke 22:41And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed,
- Matthew 26:44So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again.
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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