My God, Why? (Ps 22)
A short reading from Psalm 22. The first verse asks questions that begin with why, and the second verse says what the speaker does in the daytime and in the night season. Hear each line, tap any word to see its meaning, then read the two verses in full.
What you'll discover
The moments of the story, in the order they happen.
The first line says “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
The next two lines ask another question that begins with why.
The last two lines say what the speaker does in the daytime and in the night season.
Original verse
The verse that closes the story, in the World English Bible. This is how you read it: the real text, with nothing simplified.
Psalms 22:1 · WEB
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
What a story looks like
First the whole story, in simple English with audio for every sentence. At the end, the Bible verse and a little celebration.
- The original verse · the Bible text, unadapted, then the next story
Questions about this story
Which Bible passage is this reading from?
Psalm 22:1 to 2, in the World English Bible.
How does the first verse begin?
It begins with “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Psalm 22:1).
What does the speaker say about the daytime?
The speaker says “I cry in the daytime” (Psalm 22:2).
What does the second verse say?
The speaker says “My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent” (Psalm 22:2).
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