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Psalm Twenty two – Translation of the Song

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22,1 For the Leader; on Ayeleth haShahar. A Song by David. 22,2 My God, my God, why have You abandoned me? Far from my deliverance, far from the roars that I utter. 22,3 My God, I cry out all the day, but You do not answer, and all the night, but no quietude for me. 22,4 And yet You …

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Literary Analysis of Psalm 22

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 Click here to read “Psalm Twenty-two: Translation of the Song” Two visions create Song 22; one perceives the present and one, the future. Each describes an extreme state of being and each is the polar opposite of the other. The song opens with the voicing of an anguish so intense that, more than a cry, it …

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