Psalms 22:2

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.
• 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.
• 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, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest. 3Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises. 4In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.

Psalms 22:2 word by word

אֱֽלֹהַ֗י אֶקְרָ֣א י֭וֹמָם וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֶ֑ה וְ֝לַ֗יְלָה וְֽלֹא־דֽוּמִיָּ֥ה לִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O my Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• I cryקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• in the daytimeיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• but thou hearestעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• not; and in the night seasonלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• and am not silentדּוּמִיָּהdûmîyâh · silenceH1747

Cross-references for Psalms 22:2

• Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• Psalms 55:16As for me, I call to God, and the Lord saves me.
• Psalms 88:1Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
• Luke 18:7And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
• 1 Thessalonians 3:10Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.
• 2 Timothy 1:3I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.
• Psalms 80:4How long, Lord God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
• Lamentations 3:8Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.
• Luke 6:12One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
• Luke 22:41He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,
• Matthew 26:44So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.

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

Topics related to Psalms 22:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Doubting
• Persecution
• Prayer

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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