Psalms 22.1

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Psalms 22.1

Book: Psalms · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. ^{For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-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 groaning?"

"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)

"1. For the Chief Musician; set to “The Doe of the Morning.” A Psalm by David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?"

"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)

"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? ^{Aijeleth: or, the hind of the morning} ^{helping: Heb. my salvation}"

"2. O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. ^{am: Heb. there is no silence to me} 3. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel." (Psalms 22:1-3, KJV)

YLT (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?"

"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, el (Strong's H410). Also appears in: Genesis 14.18-20, Genesis 16.7-13, Genesis 28.
H1697 - dabar, dabar (Strong's H1697). Also appears in: Genesis 11, Genesis 12, 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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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