Bible Strands
Psalms 22:2
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David addresses God directly, continuing the opening cry of the psalm. He speaks during a prolonged period of distress, contrasting daytime supplication with nighttime vigilance.
The words — The Hebrew verb אֶקְרָא ('ek.Ra) means "I call out," paired with דֽוּמִיָּ֥ה (du.mi.Yah), meaning "repose," to describe the absence of divine response and personal peace.
The thread — This pattern of day-and-night crying appears in Psalms 42:3 and Psalms 55:16, while Luke 18:7 references the same persistent plea for divine justice.
Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment of unmet petitions without guaranteeing immediate relief, requiring the reader to sit with unresolved tension rather than expect a quick resolution.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Cross-references
- Psalms 42:3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Luke 18:7 Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?
- Psalms 55:16 But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
- Psalms 88:1 A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
- Luke 22:41 And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
- Lamentations 3:8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
- Lamentations 3:44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
- Matthew 26:44 So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.
- Luke 6:12 In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith.