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Psalm 22:2
My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
1For the Chief Musician; set to “The Doe of the Morning.” A Psalm by David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
2My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
3But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.
4Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.
Notice
Daytime gives way to night, yet the cry continues, naming the strain of speaking to God when no answer comes.
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Luke 18:7Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?Both passages describe people crying out to God day and night, with an answer still at issue.
Psalm 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”Both psalms describe distress lasting day and night, with God’s absence either felt in unanswered prayer or suggested by others.
Psalm 5:3LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.Both prayers address God during daylight, though Psalm 5 watches with expectation while Psalm 22 names the lack of an answer.
Psalm 25:5Guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long.Both speakers address God across the long hours of a day, one waiting for guidance and the other crying without an answer.
Luke 6:12In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.Both passages describe prayer continuing through the night, though Luke does not describe an unanswered cry.
Psalm 88:1A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite. LORD, the …Both speakers claim God as their own while describing cries directed to him day and night.
Luke 22:41–46He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and he knelt down and prayed,Both passages describe prayer, though Luke’s brief scene does not mention the psalm’s day-and-night crying or lack of an answer.
Acts 16:25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.Both passages describe prayer to God during the night; Acts also includes singing and other people listening.
2 Timothy 1:3I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and dayBoth texts describe prayer spanning night and day, though Paul speaks of thankful petitions rather than an unanswered cry.
Lamentations 3:8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.Both speakers cry for help and describe prayer that meets no answer, with Lamentations saying God shuts it out.
Matthew 26:44He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.Both passages describe persistence in prayer: the psalm spans day and night, while Matthew records the same words prayed a third time.
1 Thessalonians 3:10night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?Both passages describe prayer continuing night and day, though Thessalonians names a request for reunion and help with faith.
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Feeling distant from God. waiting.
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David’s words “My God” remain part of his complaint, even when the answer has not come. Scripture makes room for this unresolved cry to God.
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