--- title: "Psalms 22 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Psalms 22 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/22" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/22)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/22)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/22) Audio 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? *why art thou so* far from helping me, *and from* the words of my roaring?** 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.* 3 But thou *art* holy, *O thou* that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 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. 6 But I *am* a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, *saying*,* 8 He trusted on the LORD *that* he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.** 9 But thou *art* he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope *when I was* upon my mother’s breasts.* 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou *art* my God from my mother’s belly. 11 Be not far from me; for trouble *is* near; for *there is* none to help.* 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong *bulls* of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gaped upon me *with* their mouths, *as* a ravening and a roaring lion.* 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.* 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may tell all my bones: they look *and* stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.** 21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. 25 My praise *shall be* of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom *is* the LORD’s: and he *is* the governor among the nations. 29 All *they that be* fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. 31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done *this*. [Psalms 21](/study/psalms/21) [Psalms 23](/study/psalms/23) ## Commentary To verse 1 **my God:** [Psalms 31:14-16](/kjv/psalms/31/14-16), [Psalms 43:1-5](/kjv/psalms/43/1-5), [Matthew 27:46](/kjv/matthew/27/46), [Mark 15:34](/kjv/mark/15/34), [Luke 24:44](/kjv/luke/24/44) **why hast:** [Psalms 26:9](/kjv/psalms/26/9), [Psalms 37:28](/kjv/psalms/37/28), [Psalms 71:11](/kjv/psalms/71/11), [1 Samuel 12:22](/kjv/1-samuel/12/22), [Hebrews 13:5](/kjv/hebrews/13/5) **far:** [Psalms 22:11](/kjv/psalms/22/11), [Psalms 16:1](/kjv/psalms/16/1) **helping:** Heb. my salvation, [Isaiah 46:13](/kjv/isaiah/46/13) **words:** [Psalms 32:3](/kjv/psalms/32/3), [Psalms 32:4](/kjv/psalms/32/4), [Psalms 38:8](/kjv/psalms/38/8), [Job 3:24](/kjv/job/3/24), [Isaiah 59:11](/kjv/isaiah/59/11), [Luke 22:44](/kjv/luke/22/44), [Hebrews 5:7](/kjv/hebrews/5/7) **Reciprocal:** [Leviticus 1:15](/kjv/leviticus/1/15) - wring off his head [Leviticus 2:6](/kjv/leviticus/2/6) - *General* [Leviticus 5:11](/kjv/leviticus/5/11) - no oil [2 Chronicles 6:40](/kjv/2-chronicles/6/40) - my God [Nehemiah 6:14](/kjv/nehemiah/6/14) - My God [Job 21:4](/kjv/job/21/4) - is my complaint [Psalms 10:1](/kjv/psalms/10/1) - standest [Psalms 13:1](/kjv/psalms/13/1) - wilt thou hide [Psalms 22:16](/kjv/psalms/22/16) - dogs [Psalms 25:2](/kjv/psalms/25/2) - O [Psalms 38:21](/kjv/psalms/38/21) - O my God [Psalms 42:6](/kjv/psalms/42/6) - my God [Psalms 42:9](/kjv/psalms/42/9) - Why hast [Psalms 69:18](/kjv/psalms/69/18) - Draw [Psalms 83:13](/kjv/psalms/83/13) - O my [Psalms 116:4](/kjv/psalms/116/4) - called [Psalms 143:10](/kjv/psalms/143/10) - for thou art [Song of Solomon 3:2](/kjv/song-of-solomon/3/2) - I sought [Song of Solomon 5:6](/kjv/song-of-solomon/5/6) - I sought [Isaiah 49:14](/kjv/isaiah/49/14) - The Lord [Habakkuk 1:2](/kjv/habakkuk/1/2) - and thou wilt not save [Matthew 20:18](/kjv/matthew/20/18) - and the [Matthew 26:24](/kjv/matthew/26/24) - Son of man goeth [Matthew 26:36](/kjv/matthew/26/36) - while [Matthew 26:42](/kjv/matthew/26/42) - the second [Matthew 26:54](/kjv/matthew/26/54) - *General* [Mark 4:38](/kjv/mark/4/38) - carest [Mark 9:12](/kjv/mark/9/12) - he must [Mark 14:21](/kjv/mark/14/21) - goeth [Mark 14:32](/kjv/mark/14/32) - while [Mark 14:49](/kjv/mark/14/49) - but [Luke 9:22](/kjv/luke/9/22) - *General* [Luke 18:31](/kjv/luke/18/31) - and [Luke 22:22](/kjv/luke/22/22) - truly [Luke 24:26](/kjv/luke/24/26) - *General* [Luke 24:46](/kjv/luke/24/46) - *General* [Acts 3:18](/kjv/acts/3/18) - all [Acts 26:23](/kjv/acts/26/23) - Christ [1 Corinthians 15:3](/kjv/1-corinthians/15/3) - according [2 Corinthians 4:9](/kjv/2-corinthians/4/9) - but [1 Peter 1:11](/kjv/1-peter/1/11) - the sufferings ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/22#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/22#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/22","name":"Psalms 22 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/22#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Psalms 22 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 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