# Psalms 22.3

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## 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? 2. O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
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> **3. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.**
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> 4. Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame. (Psalms 22:1-5, 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? 2. My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
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> **3. But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.**
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> 4. Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them. 5. They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed. (Psalms 22:1-5, 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> 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>
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> **3. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.**
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> 4. Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. (Psalms 22:1-5, 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? 2. My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.
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> **3. And Thou [art] holy, Sitting, the Praise of Israel.**
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> 4. In Thee did our fathers trust, they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them. 5. Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed. (Psalms 22:1-5, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H6918 - qadosh](/codex/h6918-qadosh/)

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## 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.