# Psalms 22.1

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> **1. <sup>For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar.</sup> A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?**
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> 2. O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent. 3. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. (Psalms 22:1-3, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> **1. <b>For the Chief Musician; set to “The Doe of the Morning.” A Psalm by David. </b> My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?**
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> 2. My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent. 3. But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel. (Psalms 22:1-3, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> **1. To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? <sup>Aijeleth: or, the hind of the morning</sup> <sup>helping: Heb. my salvation</sup>**
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> 2. O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. <sup>am: Heb. there is no silence to me</sup> 3. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. (Psalms 22:1-3, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> **1. To the Overseer, on 'The Hind of the Morning.', A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?**
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> 2. My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me. 3. And Thou [art] holy, Sitting, the Praise of Israel. (Psalms 22:1-3, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** various (David majority; Asaph, Korah, Moses, Solomon, anonymous)
- **Audience:** worshipping Israel (corporate + individual devotion)
- **Location:** Israel, various periods
- **Time period:** composition spans c. 1400 BC (Moses, Ps 90), c. 400 BC; principal Davidic composition c. 1000 BC

## Theological reading

## Key words

- [H0410 - el](/codex/h0410-el/), *el* (Strong's H410). Also appears in: [Genesis 14.18-20](/codex/genesis-14-18-20/), [Genesis 16.7-13](/codex/genesis-16-7-13/), [Genesis 28](/codex/genesis-28/).
- [H1697 - dabar](/codex/h1697-dabar/), *dabar* (Strong's H1697). Also appears in: [Genesis 11](/codex/genesis-11/), [Genesis 12](/codex/genesis-12/), [Genesis 15.1](/codex/genesis-15-1/).

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from the Demand to Be Witnessed](/codex/argument-from-the-demand-to-be-witnessed/)
- [OT vs NT God Objection Defeater](/codex/ot-vs-nt-god-objection-defeater/)

**Lexicon:**

- [H0410 - el](/codex/h0410-el/)

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