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(KJV) 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?
MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE OU FORSAKEN ME? / PSALMS 22:1
Jesus voiced this desperate and dreadful cry as He hung dying on the cross, overwhelmed with a sense of abandonment (being totally separated from God’s presence) like no one else has ever known (Isaiah 53:10-12; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Matthew 27:46). The Son of God, Creator of the universe, was rejected by His creation and overwhelmed with a sense of separation from the One whole presence is everywhere. In those final moments, the Father’s protective presence was withdrawn as “God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us” (2 Corinthians 5:21). Even though Jesus himself was without sin, He literally took on Himself – all at once – the full impact of judgment for humanity’s rebellion against God, “becoming a curse for us” (Galatians 3:13). With the heaviness, heartache and pain of all sin for all time weighing on His mind, spirit and body, Jesus had a sense of total isolation from His holy Father. By quoting this verse, Jesus was claiming this entire psalm as a description of Himself.
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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter
- MY GOD / PSALMS 22:1-31
- ANSWER YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN DISTRESS / PSALMS 20:1 – 21:13
- MOUTH … HEART BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT – O LORD MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER / PSALMS 19:14
- FORGIVE MY HIDDEN FAULTS / PSALMS 19:12
- THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT / PSALMS 19:7-11
- THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD / PSALMS 19:1
- I LOVE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 18:1-50
- MY ROCK MY FORTRESS AND MY DELIVERER / PSALMS 18:2
- THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE / PSALMS 17:8-9
- HEAR O LORD / PSALMS 17:1
- NOT ABANDON ME TO THE GRAVE / PSALMS 16:9-10
- SET THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME / PSALMS 16:8
- ASSIGNED ME MY PRTION AND MY CUP / PSALMS 16:5
- APART FROM YOU I HAVE NO GOOD THING / PSALMS 16:2
- WHO KEEPS HIS OATH EVEN WHEN IT HURTS / PSALMS 15:4
- WHO MAY DWELL IN YOUR SANCTURARY? PSALMS 15:1
- THE FOOL / PSALMS 14:1-7
- MY HEART REJOIES IN YOUR SALVATION / PSALMS 13:5
- WILL YOU FORGET ME FOREVER? / PSALMS 13:1
- HELP LORD / PSALMS 12:1-8
- THOSE WHO LOVE VIOLENCE HIS SOUL HATES / PALMS 11:5
- IN THE LORD I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 11:1-7
- FROM AMBUSH HE MURDERS THE INNOCENT / PSALMS 10:8-10
- IN HIS ARROGANCE THE WICKED MAN HUNTS / PSALMS 10:2
- DO YOU STAND FAR OFF? / PSALMS 10:1-18
- THE NEEDY WILL NOT ALWAYS BE FORGOTTEN / PSALMS 9:18
- JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS / PSALMS 9:8
- DESTROYED THE WICKED / PSALMS 9:5
- I WILL PRAISE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 9:1-2
- WITH GLORY AND HONOR / PSALMS 8:5
- THE SON OF MAN / PSALMS 8:3-6
- WHO SAVES THE UPRIGHT IN HEART / PSALMS 7:10
- I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 7:1
- DELIVER ME FROM ALL WHO PURSUE ME / PSALMS 7:1-17
- I AM WORN OUT FROM GROANING / PSALMS 6:6
- DELIVER ME / PSALMS 6:4
- HEAL ME / PSALMS 6:2
- DO NOT REBUKE ME IN YOUR ANGER / PSALMS 6:1-10
- YOU HATE ALL WHO DO WRONG / PSALMS 5:5-6
- YOU HEAR MY VOICE / PSALMS 5:3
- WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL TO HIM / PSALMS 4:3
- ANSWER ME / PSALMS 4:1-8
- I LIE DOWN AND SLEEP / PSALMS 3:5
- YOU ARE A SHIELD … YOU BESTOW GLORY / PSALMS 3:3
- SELAH / PALMS 3:2
- HOW MANY ARE MY FOES! / PSALMS 3:1-8
- WHY DO THE NATIONS CONSPIRE / PSALMS 2:1-12
- THE NATIONS YOUR INHERITANCE / PSALMS 2:8
- MY SON TODAY I HAVE BECOME YOUR FATHER / PSALMS 2:7
- HIS ANOINTED ONE / PSALMS 2:2
- THE WICKED / PSALMS 1:4-6
- STREAMS OF WATER / PSALMS 1:3
- HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW / PSALMS 1:2
- BLESSED IS THE MAN / PSALMS 1:1
- HE KNOWS HOW WE ARE FORMED / PSALMS 103:14
- COMPASSION ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM / PSALMS 103:13
- FORGIVES … HEALS / PSALMS 103:3-16
- PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL / PSALMS 103:1-2
- NEAR TO ALL WHO CALL ON HIM / PSALMS 145:18
- THE LORD IS GRACIOUS / PSALMS 145:8
- EVERY DAY I WILL PRAISE YOU / PSALMS 145:1-2
- BLESSED – THE LAW / PSALMS 119:1
- YOUR WORD IS … A LIGHT FOR MY PATH / PSALMS 119:05
- CALL UPON ME IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE / PSALMS 50:15
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