Psalms 22:1

“For the director. On The Doe of the Dawn. A psalm of David. My El, my El, why have you abandoned me? Far from my salvation are the words of my roaring.”
Psalms 22:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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David cries out, “why have you abandoned me?”, words Jesus also speaks on the crossThe Cross “My El, my El, why have you abandoned me?”Suffering and Trials

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For the director.לַמְנַצֵּחַOnעַלThe Doeאַיֶּלֶתof the Dawn.הַשַּׁחַרA psalmמִזְמוֹרof David.לְדָוִדMy El,אֵלִיmy El,אֵלִיwhyלָמָהhave you abandoned me?עֲזַבְתָּנִיFarרָחוֹקfrom my salvationמִישׁוּעָתִיare the wordsדִּבְרֵיof my roaring.שַׁאֲגָתִי

Quotation · Matthew 27:46

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Jesus says aloud the beginning of the psalm. Matthew gives first the sound of the words (“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani”) and then their Greek translation.

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Greek of the New Testament: περὶ δὲ τὴν ἐνάτην ὥραν ἀνεβόησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς φωνῇ μεγάλῃ λέγων Ἠλὶ ἠλὶ λεμὰ σαβαχθάνι τοῦτ’ ἔστιν Θεέ μου θεέ μου ἱνατί με ἐγκατέλιπες

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל אַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד אֵלִי אֵלִי לָמָה עֲזַבְתָּנִי רָחוֹק מִישׁוּעָתִי דִּבְרֵי שַׁאֲגָתִי

Septuagint (Psalms 21:2 in the Septuagint numbering): Ὁ θεὸς ὁ θεός μου, πρόσχες μοι· ἳνα τί ἐγκατέλιπές με μακρὰν ἀπὸ τῆς σωτηρίας μου οἱ λόγοι τῶν παραπτωμάτων

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, no two consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Mark 15:34

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Jesus says aloud the beginning of the psalm. Mark gives the words in Aramaic (“Eloi, Eloi”) and then their Greek translation.

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ τῇ ἐνάτῃ ὥρᾳ ἐβόησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς φωνῇ μεγάλῃ Ἐλωῒ ἐλωῒ λεμὰ σαβαχθάνι ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον Ὁ θεός μου ὁ θεός μου εἰς τί ἐγκατέλιπές με

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Psalms 22:1, word by word

For the directorמְנַצֵּחַmenatseach

direct

To take charge of directing a work or the singing and music of the psalms.

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The Doeאַיֶּלֶתayelet

doe

Doe: the female deer. In the title of Psalm 22, "The doe of the dawn" is probably the name of a tune.

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of the Dawnשַּׁחַרshachar

dawn

Dawn, daybreak.

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A psalmמִזְמוֹרmizmor

psalm

Psalm: a song sung with instruments. It is the title of many of the poems in the book of Psalms.

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of Davidדָוִדdavid

David

David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."

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My Elאֵלִeli

El, God, god

"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".

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have you abandoned meעֲזַבְתָּazavta

forsake

To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.

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Farרָחוֹקrachok

far

To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.

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from my salvationישׁוּעָתִyshuati

salvation

Salvation: the help with which God delivers from danger; also victory. The name "Jesus" (Yeshua) comes from the same root.

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are the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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of my roaringשַׁאֲגָתִshaagati

roaring, groaning

A roar, like a lion's; also the loud groan of a person in distress.

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Translation note

The first three sentences are the title; “The Doe of the Dawn” is probably the name of the melody. Jesus said the first words of this psalm on the cross (Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34). “Roaring”: the loud cry of one who suffers, like that of a lion.

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Matthew 27:46

Jesus says aloud the beginning of the psalm. Matthew gives first the sound of the words (“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani”) and then their Greek translation.

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Psalms 22:1

¹For the director. On The Doe of the Dawn. A psalm of David. My El, my El, why have you abandoned me? Far from my salvation are the words of my roaring.

Matthew 27:46

⁴⁶And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Quotation · Mark 15:34

Jesus says aloud the beginning of the psalm. Mark gives the words in Aramaic (“Eloi, Eloi”) and then their Greek translation.

See them side by side

Psalms 22:1

¹For the director. On The Doe of the Dawn. A psalm of David. My El, my El, why have you abandoned me? Far from my salvation are the words of my roaring.

Mark 15:34

³⁴And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2My Elohim, I call by day, and you do not answer; and by night, and there is no silence for me.

Read all of Psalms 22

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