Psalms 22:1

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Psalms 22:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

2 I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

3 Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

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Psalms 22:16

For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

Psalms 42:1

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

Psalms 42:2

My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?

Psalms 31:14

But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”

Psalms 31:15

My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

Psalms 31:16

Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.

Psalms 43:1

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

Psalms 43:2

For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

Psalms 43:3

Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.

Psalms 43:4

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

Psalms 43:5

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Matthew 27:46

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Mark 15:34

At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Luke 24:44

Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”

Psalms 26:9

Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

Psalms 37:28

For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

Psalms 71:11

saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

1 Samuel 12:22

Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

Psalms 22:11

Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

Psalms 16:1

Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.

Isaiah 46:13

I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.

Psalms 32:3

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

Psalms 32:4

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

Psalms 38:8

I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

Job 3:24

I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

Isaiah 59:11

We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Luke 22:44

And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Hebrews 5:7

During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.