Bible Chapter Summary
Psalms 22 Summary
My God Why Have You Forsaken Me
The cry of dereliction that Jesus quotes from the cross. Surrounded by enemies who mock and pierce. Yet in the midst of abandonment, trust erupts: they will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn. The psalm moves from lament to praise, from suffering to vindication, tracing the full arc of the passion and resurrection.
Key themes
Key verses
Psalms 22:1
“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?”
Psalms 22:16-18
“For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.”
Psalms 22:30-31
“A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.”
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