Psa 22:1-2, 42:7-9, 43:2-5, 77:7-10 | 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 42:7-9

7 Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
^eall your breakers and your ^fwaves
have gone over me.
8 By day the Lord ^gcommands his steadfast love,
and at ^hnight his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God, ⁱmy rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
^jWhy do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?”

Psalms 43:2-5

2 For you are ^kthe God in whom I take refuge;
why have you ^lrejected me?
Why do I ^mgo about mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 ⁿSend out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your ^oholy hill
and to your ^pdwelling!
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.
5 ^qWhy are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
^rHope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.

Psalms 77:7-10

7 “Will the Lord ^sspurn forever,
and never again ^tbe favorable?
8 Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
Are his ^upromises at an end for all time?
9 ^vHas God forgotten to be gracious?
^wHas he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah
10 Then I said, “I will appeal to this,
to the years of the ^xright hand of the Most High.” ^{▼▼Or This is my grief: that the right hand of the Most High has changed}