O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.
Radak
My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? – (The address) in the singular refers to the people of Israel as a whole, for they were as one man in exile and of one mind. My God, my God: the repetition is after the manner of those who call out and cry, as: “Hear me, O Lord, hear me” (1 Kings 18:37); “Abraham, Abraham” (Gen. 22:11); “Moses, Moses” (Exod. 3:4). Israel says also אלי (my God or my Strength), meaning: Thou wast my Strength and my Rock before, and now, why hast Thou forsaken me? (Why art Thou) far from helping me: – and why art Thou so far from helping me when Thou hearest (When Thou hearest) the words of my roaring? –
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.