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My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

My God, my God - These are the very words uttered by the Savior when on the cro (Matthew 27:46); and he evidently used …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

My God, my God. —Hebrew, Eli, Eli, lama azavtanî, where the Targum paraphrases sabbacthani, the form used by our…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me! why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

That was the very …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

My God! The first verse contains two remarkable sentences, which, although apparently contrary to each other, yet continually enter into t…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

My God, my God

God is the God of Christ as he is man; he prepared a body for him, an human nature; anointed it wit…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The Spirit of Christ, who was in the prophets, testifies clearly and fully in this psalm to the sufferings of Christ and the glory that would follo…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. In the previous psalms, the sufferings which David endured from his son and from Saul seemed to be addre ed. Now here, in the third set o…

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