King James Version
Psalms 22:2 in the King James Version says “O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. am: Heb. there is no s...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. am: Heb. there is no silence to me”
Psalms 22:2 · KJV
To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? Aijeleth: or, the hind of the morning helping: Heb. my salvation
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. am: Heb. there is no silence to me
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“O my God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“I cry”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“but thou hearest”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
“not and in the night season”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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