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Psalm 22:1-2
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Psalm 22[a]

The Prayer of an Innocent Person

1 For the leader; according to “The deer of the dawn.”[b] A psalm of David.

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2 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
    Why so far from my call for help,
    from my cries of anguish?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22 A lament unusual in structure and in intensity of feeling. The psalmist’s present distress is contrasted with God’s past mercy in Ps 22:2–12. In Ps 22:13–22 enemies surround the psalmist. The last third is an invitation to praise God (Ps 22:23–27), becoming a universal chorus of praise (Ps 22:28–31). The Psalm is important in the New Testament. Its opening words occur on the lips of the crucified Jesus (Mk 15:34; Mt 27:46), and several other verses are quoted, or at least alluded to, in the accounts of Jesus’ passion (Mt 27:35, 43; Jn 19:24).
  2. 22:1 The deer of the dawn: apparently the title of the melody.
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