Psalms 22:1 meaning and explanation
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “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, so far from my words of groaning?
Psalms 22:1, Berean Standard Bible
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Psalm 22 opens with David's raw cry of abandonment, addressed to God in a moment of acute distress. The heading identifies it as a psalm of David given to the choirmaster, set to a tune called "The Doe of the Dawn," and the Hebrew word for forsaken carries the sense of being left behind or deserted.
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