Psalms 22:1 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֵלִ֣י	'e.Li	O God my	H410 →
אֵ֭לִי	'E.li	God my	H410 →
לָמָ֣ה	la.Mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
עֲזַבְתָּ֑נִי	'a.zav.Ta.ni	have you forsaken me	H5800 →
רָח֥וֹק	ra.Chok	[are] far	H7350 →
מִֽ֝ישׁוּעָתִ֗י	mi.shu.'a.Ti	from deliverance my	H3444 →
דִּבְרֵ֥י	div.Rei	[the] words of	H1697 →
שַׁאֲגָתִֽי׃	sha.'a.ga.Ti	cry of distress my	H7581 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
leads to
- Hebrews 5:7
  During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 71:11
  saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 53:10
  Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,…
- Mark 15:34
  At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
- John 19:28–30
  After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
Through
Hebrews 5:7
During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…
leads to
- Matthew 27:46
  About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 22:41–44
  And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
Through
Psalms 22:16
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
leads to
- John 19:37
  And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Mark 15:34At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”Matthew 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.Job 3:24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.Luke 24:44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”Psalms 43:1–5Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.Psalms 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.Psalms 31:14–16But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”Psalms 143:10Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.Psalms 22:11Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”1 Samuel 12:22Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.Psalms 25:2in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.Psalms 42:6O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.Psalms 4:1Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.Psalms 69:18Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.

Fulfilled in the pattern
Matthew 27:46
From the cross Jesus cries the opening line of Psalm 22: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matt 27:46). He is not quoting at random: he is naming the psalm that describes what is being done to him.
public-domain commentaries in agreement
Prophecy and fulfillment
Matthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
MannaFest topical index (legacy import; verified against ASV text 2026-07-21; founder-approved batch)
A picture of Christ
Matthew 27:46
My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
MannaFest topical index (legacy import; verified against ASV text 2026-07-21; founder-approved batch)
The form invites the whole passage
Matthew 27:46
Jesus quotes the psalm's first line, and in Jewish usage a first line calls up the whole psalm. Psalm 22 then runs on to pierced hands and feet (v. 16), garments divided by lot (v. 18), and ends in a congregation praising God (v. 22). The cry names the whole arc, not one line.
Gunkel; Hays
Same kind of writing
Psalms 69:1
both individual laments, both drawn on in the Passion; shared dereliction-to-vindication arc. FLOOR.
Gunkel
Quoted here
Mark 15:34
'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani': Jesus (Mark's Aramaic).
public-domain commentaries in agreement
Quoted here
Matthew 27:46
DEPTH-1 HERO: 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?' Jesus from the cross (invokes whole Ps 22).
public-domain commentaries in agreement
Written to them
topics/suffering
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me
MannaFest topical index (legacy import; verified against ASV text 2026-07-21; founder-approved batch)

Where scholars push back(2)

Matthew 27:46. Psalm 22 is written as one man's lament, and many read it as David's own suffering rather than a prediction.

Matthew 27:46. Porter and Hays both caution that a quotation does not automatically carry its whole context, and that the reach of an allusion has to be argued, not assumed.

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