Psa 22:1-2, 32:3, 38:8, Isa 59:11, Lam 3:8 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster : according to The Doe of the Dawn . A Psalm of David . My God , my God , why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning ?

Psalms 22:1-2

Why Have You Forsaken Me?

To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David.

1 ^aMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so ^bfar from saving me, from the words of my ^cgroaning?
2 O my God, I cry by ^dday, but you do not answer,
and by night, but I find no rest.

Psalms 32:3

3 For when I kept silent, my ^ebones wasted away
through my ^fgroaning all day long.

Psalms 38:8

8 I am feeble and crushed;
I ^ggroan because of the tumult of my heart.

Isaiah 59:11

11 We all growl like bears;
^hwe moan and moan like doves;
ⁱwe hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.

Lamentations 3:8

8 though ^jI call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;