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My Elohim,אֱלֹהַיI callאֶקְרָאby day,יוֹמָםand you do notוְלֹאanswer;תַעֲנֶהand by night,וְלַיְלָהand there is noוְלֹאsilenceדוּמִיָּהfor me.לִי
Psalms 22:2
Study it in the app“My Elohim, I call by day, and you do not answer; and by night, and there is no silence for me.”
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
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 22:2, word by word
- My Elohimאֱלֹהַeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- I callאֶקְרָאekra
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “ekra” appears- by dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- answerתַעֲנֶהtaane
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “taane” appears- and by nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- silenceדוּמִיָּהdumiya
silence, stillness
Silence, stillness: being quiet and calm; also the rest of one who waits trustingly.
Where else “dumiya” appears
The context
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.
2 · This verse (above)
3But you are holy, dwelling in the praises of Israel.