Psalm 22

Psalm 22 of the Book of Psalms (the hind of the dawn) or My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? is a psalm in the Bible.

This article is about Psalm 22 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. For Psalm 22 in Greek Septuagint or Latin Vulgate numbering, see Psalm 23.
Psalm 22
"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
Psalm 22:1-8 in the St. Albans Psalter. The first words of the Psalm in the Latin Vulgate are "Deus, Deus meus," abbreviated here as DS DS MS.
Other name
  • Psalm 21
  • "Deus, Deus meus"
LanguageHebrew (original)

The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Old Testament of the Bible. In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 21. In Latin, it is known as Deus, Deus meus.

The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and other Protestant liturgies.

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