Psalm 22[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?(A)
    Why are you so far(B) from saving me,
    so far from my cries of anguish?(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.

22 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

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My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,(A)
    by night,(B) but I find no rest.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:2 Or night, and am not silent

O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

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Psalm 40[a](A)

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

I waited patiently(B) for the Lord;
    he turned to me and heard my cry.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:1 In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.

40 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

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How long,(A) Lord God Almighty,
    will your anger smolder(B)
    against the prayers of your people?

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O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

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14 Why, Lord, do you reject(A) me
    and hide your face(B) from me?

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14 Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

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Ten days later the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.

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And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah.

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Habakkuk’s Complaint

How long,(A) Lord, must I call for help,
    but you do not listen?(B)
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
    but you do not save?(C)

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O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

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