Psalm 22:2

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

Cross-reference

Psalm 88:1 Parallel

Psalm 88:1 also cries out day and night before God, sharing the same desperate persistence in lament.

Psalm 69:3 Parallel

In Psalm 69:3, the psalmist is weary from crying and waiting for God — a parallel experience of exhausted prayer.

Psalm 3:4 Contrast

Psalm 3:4 declares that God heard the psalmist's cry — the opposite outcome of Psalm 22:2's unanswered cry.

Psalm 5:3 Contrast

In Psalm 5:3, the psalmist expects his morning prayer to be heard — contrasting with the unanswered cries here day and night.

Psalm 13:1 Parallel

In Psalm 13:1, the psalmist asks how long God will hide his face — a parallel lament of divine silence.

Psalm 16:7 Contrast

In Psalm 16:7, the night brings counsel from God — contrasting with the silent night of unanswered cries here.

Psalm 28:1 Parallel

In Psalm 28:1, the psalmist pleads for God not to be silent — directly echoing the complaint of silence here.

Psalm 38:8 Parallel

In Psalm 38:8, the psalmist roars from anguish — a parallel expression of intense lament and physical distress.

Psalm 42:9 Parallel

In Psalm 42:9, the psalmist asks why God has forgotten him — a parallel question of divine abandonment.

Psalm 31:14 Contrast

In Psalm 31:14, the psalmist declares trust in God as 'my God' — contrasting with the desperate 'my God' cry of abandonment here.

Psalm 80:4 Related theme

Psalm 80:4 asks how long God will be angry with prayers — similar theme of unanswered prayer.

Psalm 55:17 Contrast

Psalm 55:17 says God hears his complaint day and night — opposite of the unanswered cry in Psalm 22:2.

Psalm 55:16 Contrast

Psalm 55:16 contrasts by expressing confidence that God will save, while Psalm 22:2 experiences silence.

Psalm 42:3 Parallel

Psalm 42:3 echoes the same lament: tears day and night while enemies taunt 'Where is your God?' — both cry out without relief.

Psalm 25:5 Contrast

In Psalm 25:5, the psalmist waits all day with trust — contrasting with the frustrated waiting and unanswered cries here.

Psalm 102:7 Parallel

In Psalm 102:7, the psalmist watches alone like a sparrow — a parallel image of sleepless isolation in the night.

Lamentations 3:8 says God shuts out prayer — a direct parallel to the unanswered cry day and night.

Lamentations 3:44 also describes God covering Himself with a cloud so prayer cannot pass through — the same divine silence.

Job 19:7 Parallel

Job 19:7 explicitly says 'I cry out... but I am not heard' — the same complaint of unanswered prayer as Psalm 22:2.

Song of Solomon 5:6 adds 'I called him, but he gave no answer' — directly paralleling the psalmist's complaint of unanswered prayer.

Habakkuk 1:2 cries 'how long shall I cry... and you will not hear?' — the same lament of God's silence in distress.

Job 30:20 Parallel

Job 30:20 says 'I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me' — a direct parallel to the psalmist's experience.

2 Chronicles 6:40 is Solomon's plea for God to hear prayer — the opposite of Psalm 22:2's complaint that God does not hear.

Luke 22:41-46 depicts Jesus in agony praying repeatedly, echoing the lament of the righteous sufferer in Psalm 22.

Matthew 26:44 shows Jesus praying the same words a third time, mirroring the persistent crying out of Psalm 22:2.

Luke 18:7 Contrast

Luke 18:7 promises God will answer his elect who cry day and night — contrasting with the silence here.

Song of Solomon 3:2 continues the search: 'I sought him but found him not' — mirroring the psalmist's unanswered cry.

Song of Solomon 3:1 echoes the same 'by night I sought him but found him not' — a parallel longing for an absent beloved.

Acts 16:25 Contrast

In Acts 16:25, Paul and Silas pray and sing in prison — a response of praise amid suffering, contrasting with the psalmist's lament of unanswered cry.