God’s Word Translation
Psalms 22:2
2My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer— also at 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.
- 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 abandoned me? Why are you so far away from helping me, so far away from the words of my groaning? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer— also at night, but I find no rest. 3Yet, you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. 4Our ancestors trusted you. They trusted, and you rescued 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 are my food day and night. People ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 55:16But I call on God, and the Lord saves me.
- Psalms 88:1O Lord God, my savior, I cry out to you during the day and at night.
- Luke 18:7Won’t God give his chosen people justice when they cry out to him for help day and night? Is he slow to help them?
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10We pray very hard night and day that we may see you again so that we can supply whatever you still need for your faith.
- 2 Timothy 1:3I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day when I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did.
- Psalms 80:4O Lord God, commander of armies, how long will you smolder in anger against the prayer of your people?
- Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
- Luke 6:12At that time Jesus went to a mountain to pray. He spent the whole night in prayer to God.
- Luke 22:41Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,
- Matthew 26:44After leaving them again, he went away and prayed the same prayer a third time.
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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